17" laptop too big?

[Russ Jerome]

Likeing my wifes 15" Dell, ordering a new laptop for myself.

This is gonna be for my race car datalogging as well as a
carry in to work for tunes ect. Is a 17" a PITA or not much
more cumbersome than a 15? The 17 comes with a 9 cell
bat already, wife complains about the 15 with a 6 cell now
but I dont think its too bad for weight. Any input welcome,
my old laptop is a 12" notebook so there all big to me :stare

[xxsn0blindxx]

Russ, my wife has a 17" laptop and it's fine for at home sitting on the couch, but I would hate to lug that thing around and certainly not inside a car. For what you want to do I'd say go with the 15".

[Russ Jerome]

I trust your judgment Joe, I'll spend the extra money on options.

[Cleveland Dave]

i went from my small 12.1 to a fricking 17...it doesnt fit in my laptop backpack and it is rather heavy as well. it is nice for photo editing and movies though and the 1920x1200 resolution is awesome!

[davidrab]

I hate my 17" HP, but I have to lug it around airports, into plants, etc. When
it's just sitting on the desk, I guess the weight isn't an issue. I also don't like
the widescreen, but I don't think you can get a 4:3 anything anymore. Darn
resolution has to be set too high for the old eyes :( When I got the 17" I was
actually looking to go smaller, but the prices seemed to be MUCH higher, which
seemed a quite crazy. On the other hand, the 7.x" Asus EeePC was a bit small :)
Was cool to play around with and worked for what I needed, but too small for
normal use.

Dave

[H8RADE]

Love my Dell XPS m1330.
http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/01/22/dell_xps_m1330_4.jpg

[RanJer]

We have a compaq/hp 17" widescreen and I see no problems with taking it places. Just make sure you get a case for a 17" or a backpack would work too. It's not heavy or anything at all. Definitely like the bigger screen for just about everything..

[Russ Jerome]

Orderd a 15", used the extra money to turbo some options
so I can store the complete Alldata disc collection and all
my favorite "special" films :)


Jet Black Dell 1520 Twin Turbo laptop
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5850 (2.16GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Premium Edition
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1680x1050)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
Size: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
Intel Next -Gen Wireless -N Mini-card
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
9 cell Battery
High Definition Audio 2.0

Porn aside this will be great to display wideband datalogs when I
get the car done. Thanks for the replies!