17'' Laptop or 15'' Laptop

[Nova]

I recently purchased Asus 17'' TUF FX705DT. Which is pretty good laptop for me considering I wanted bigger screen and also gaming only laptop for myself. I think on that note I'd consider 17 inch as my goto computer because I prefer the laptop which are better for the gaming and also for the graphics work. 

If money were to be not the problem for shopping, which one would you choose?

[Paige]

17 inch laptops are so huge!!!!! I have no idea how i would get it around everywhere!  I love my 15" Legion and it seems to be just the right size.

[Uncrowned Guard]

Well, Uncrowned Empire operates off a 17.3" laptop, so I am going to go with that!

[Nerdface]

My old laptop is a 17" HP Pavilion.. I do love the bigger screen, but you certainly notice the extra size and weight when carrying it around.

I don't use it so much any more because it's a 4th Gen i5, and I've since bought a new desktop PC - but if I were to replace it I think I'd most likely downsize to a 15", honestly.

[Uncrowned Guard]

I really thought 17' laptops were pretty rare today, but we so far have a majority of 17" devices here it seems

[StormyFire]

I prefer larger screens, but 17" laptops can be quite a bit more expensive. I have a 15.6" laptop.

[Uncrowned Guard]

3 hours ago, StormyFire said:

I prefer larger screens, but 17" laptops can be quite a bit more expensive. I have a 15.6" laptop.

This is completely true!  And once you get into more budget friendly laptops, non-gaming, etc. the 17" options disappear.

 

I do see 16" screens popping up a lot anymore, and I wonder how they will affect things.

[Grungie]

I'm a 13" guy. It's a good mix of portability and usability for me.

[Uncrowned Guard]

On 1/21/2023 at 7:50 PM, Grungie said:

I'm a 13" guy. It's a good mix of portability and usability for me.

My next work laptop will likely be a 14" device.  Although my main goal is to have LTE onboard and that is proving to be a challenge for options.

[Grungie]

1 hour ago, Uncrowned Guard said:

My next work laptop will likely be a 14" device.  Although my main goal is to have LTE onboard and that is proving to be a challenge for options.

Have you tried looking into those USB dongles that do that?

[Uncrowned Guard]

5 hours ago, Grungie said:

Have you tried looking into those USB dongles that do that?

 I used to have one and it was a bit of a pain, plus I do not believe Verizon even sells them anymore and Verizon tends to hate most things lol.  Granted, I have not looked very hard recently.

[Nomad]

I have always used 15 inches laptop, I have worked on someone else's 17 inches laptop momentarily and I really liked the bigger size screen. Therefore, when I am ready to buy a new laptop I will get a 17-inch laptop. Since I don't travel much with a laptop bigger size laptop will not be cumbersome for me.

[Kyng]

I have a 15-inch one... it's plenty enough for me, and anything bigger would struggle to fit in my laptop bag 😛 . 

[Shortie]

Having a 17" laptop would be amazing if it wasn't something I was carrying around a lot. When I have a laptop I like to be able to carry it around and use it in different places so a 17" would be too big for me. I would much rather have a 15" that I could carry around easily enough. 

[Kyng]

On 4/16/2023 at 7:58 PM, Shortie said:

Having a 17" laptop would be amazing if it wasn't something I was carrying around a lot. When I have a laptop I like to be able to carry it around and use it in different places so a 17" would be too big for me. I would much rather have a 15" that I could carry around easily enough. 

Yeah, I tend to think that if a laptop gets so big that it becomes difficult to carry around, then at that point you might as well just get a desktop 😛 . 

[Uncrowned Guard]

Ya, my 17" setup is quite the weight to carry around.  It is not just the laptop as it also has a larger power supply and such.