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17" is the best macbook pro available. Huge screen, express card slot, true full HD resolution, a form factor unheard of in a 17" laptop. If anything looks awkward its the 13" which is too large to be an ultraportable but too small to really have decent power, and lets not forget that huge bezel... as for the 15" I feel it looks very boring and mainstream. I refuse to buy a laptop without a full hd screen, its 2010, these screens were available years ago on windows laptops. I can't imagine dropping almost 2000 on a 15" and getting a 1440x 900 screen, its madness. And the fact that you have to pay extra for still inferior 1680x 1050 is a joke at this point in the game.

1440x900 is fine on the 15" screen, I see most 15" laptop screens have around that resolution. Full HD is fine, if there is UI scaling, which there isn't, and even with my very good eyes, it's still way too small to be comfortable until you get to about 20-24".
 
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