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Am I the only one who likes 17" laptops? I miss my old lunch tray.

Same, I don't mind carrying a big machine. Problem is most have a numpad, which shifts the keyboard and touch pad to the left. Being right handed, I find this very annoying.

It seems that the 16" Framework will come with separate keyboard and numpad. The numpad can be placed on either side or taken away, and the keyboard centered. If only they had a touchpad with physical buttons...

I'm sure someone will make a split ortholinear keyboard with a numpad in the middle for the Framework. That'd be the dream.

I can't ever imagine using another trackpad with physical buttons though. Just extend the trackpad over the space that the button would have taken up. I should be able to left/middle/right click anywhere on the trackpad, not move my hand back to the button to click.

I'm 6'3" and I have large hands. I'd love another 17" laptop. Anything less than 15" is an ergonomic torture device.

Yeah, I'm also in this camp. Also my eyesight isn't great so I want a large keyboard and a large screen to make it work.

I'm in the same camp, 6'3" giant hands. Yet when I was given the option at work between a 13 and a 15 inch Macbook. I went with the 13" and LOVE it, sure I look a little silly with this tiny laptop. But it really does fit just right for my hands and weighs nothing.

For me, I would much rather carry a 13” laptop, which is not only light but also opens up my bag options to small backpacks, slings, etc. and then pack nice peripherals like a keyboard and mouse. The size and weight requirements for a 17” laptop just do not work for me. When traveling and trying to not check a bag, that space is a premium and the flexibility of being able to store the peripherals separate, rather than the whole inflexible lunch tray really helps. Around town I don’t want to be lugging around that much weight since I like my spine and don’t need anymore back problems.

You're not the only one. I mostly use laptops as notebooks, not on my lap, and usually plugged into a docking station for a decent keyboard, a mouse, and external monitors. I don't need a laptop for ants!

I left Apple after 10 years when they took away my 17” option. I feel you.

Love my ThinkPad P51 with 15.6". Which laptops have 17"?

There are still a few 17" laptops in production, like the razer blade, but I was referring to the 2011 17 inch macbook pro[0]. It was called the "lunch tray" by people who thought it was too big.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqfc9NBYfr0

Dell XPS

Dell Precision 77xx, 5750, 5760, 5770: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Precision

(No first-hand experience with any of those.)

(Updated: to add more models.)

I love my P50! Although I'm still a little salty that I couldn't find any decent P51 models on eBay when I was buying, because I have a P51 mustang sticker on the back and the joke doesn't quite... land.

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