for laptops 15" seems to be the sweet spot when choosing sizes. It still small enough to be portable and yet it not so small that you are giving up a lot of screen space for it.
If you noticed the packpacks out there most of them max out around the 15.6" range. 17" laptops just do not fit in bags.
For me personally I choose to go with the 15" laptop for the one I just got. Large enough to have great screen space but small enough to carry around with me.
I view 17" and larger as desktop replacements and they are more of a desktop that you take on longer car trips. For example if I had a 17" I would pack it up for when I drove home for a week or so but I would not take it for a weektrip for on a trip I was going to fly. Driving is another matter since space is not really as issue.
If you noticed the packpacks out there most of them max out around the 15.6" range. 17" laptops just do not fit in bags.
For me personally I choose to go with the 15" laptop for the one I just got. Large enough to have great screen space but small enough to carry around with me.
I view 17" and larger as desktop replacements and they are more of a desktop that you take on longer car trips. For example if I had a 17" I would pack it up for when I drove home for a week or so but I would not take it for a weektrip for on a trip I was going to fly. Driving is another matter since space is not really as issue.