17 inch is really heavy. Its 10 - 12 lbs. Thats just the laptop, so if your plan on carrying books and other things. Thats alot of baggage. By the way my 15 inch has a numberpad. An its only 6lbs.
Unless of course your planning on joining the armed services, you can take this as a prep-bag for carrying that 50lb backpack.

Anyway the biggest problem with giving you advise, you never really said what your using it for. Because if your not going for games. Then you could go for a Vaio which are thin and portable.

Or go for a Mac Book Pro, which are also light, and look elegant.

If you want something more high-end go for a Asus ROG series.
Or if your intrested in making your own custom laptop try
www.avadirect.com
www.ibuypower.com
www.cyberpowerpc.com

Dell Studio is Good
Im not a fan of HP or Toshiba

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