Mark,
First, I do hope you never need tech support. While Toshiba makes some very nice machines, their tech support and warranty service is rather notoriously bad. When I lived in Dallas, I began referring my various clients to Richard's Computer--which has an office there. They are a certified warranty center for Toshiba, and the Dallas office at least seemed to do a far better job than Toshiba America in nearly every respect. Over many years, I suppose I consulted Toshiba's tech support a dozen times or so--and they were unfailingly frustrating to the max. Should you ever need it, I do hope you have better luck than I did.
Whether you "need" a 17.3" screen for movies enough to justify having to carry around such a large box or not, obviously that is a personal decision. If I had such a need, I'd use an external screen anyway, given that even larger ones are so cheap these days. This machine has both external VGA and HDMI ports, so that would not be much of a problem.
However, it also seems to me to depend upon whether you are the only one watching or whether you're watching along with someone else.
Remember that screen size is a function of distance, too. It's all about the angle from the eye to the screen edges--and a smaller screen sitting closer appears the same as a larger screen farther away. Thus, it could be that what you need to is to consider the placement to determine if in fact you "need" such a large screen.
If you actually want to use the laptop portably, a very big one like that is a constant burden to haul around. Not only in size and weight, but they are somewhat more difficult to carry safely without potential breakage. I took all of these things into account when I selected this one.
David
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Darksyde" <m_alexander61@...> wrote:
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> You sound like a satisfied customer, David. That's only $1.99 more than the 'shiba I'm pondering but my main concern (in this case) is that I want the 17.3" screen (for Netflix). If portability is a factor it seems that your ASUS was an incredible value. And the apps you were running simultaneously equaled my Dell when it was in prime form.
> Incidentally, what are "chicklet" keys? Are they the flatter ones that are less ergonomic?
> I haven't used it much but I get the idea that Unetbootin is a bit fickle at best, which brings me to another question- which I'll ask in a new post.
> Have fun with your new machine,
> Mark
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