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RE: Looking into buying a new laptop...
A 17" screen makes it no longer a "laptop" and more into the category of portable desktop. They are HUGE and not feesable for frequent travel.
A laptop with a 17" screen will also have a much HIGHER resolution then 1280x960, My 13" Macbook Pro has a resolution of 1280x800, The 15" Macbook Pro has a resolution of 1440x900 and the 17" version having a resolution of 1920x1200. Most PC laptops are going to have similar resolutions these days.
I'll throw out my honest recommendation, A 15" Macbook Pro would do you well, you can get a refurbished model pretty cheap. My 13" Macbook Pro (the current unibody model) that I've had for about a year and change now still holds about 4 to 5 hours of battery life and despite my pretty solid use of it both around home and at work (out and about doing IT consulting), it still looks like new. It's amazing how well it works. It also runs Windows 7 like a champ.
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