Personally I like 17" laptops and disagree with people who say they are not really portable. Agreed that they are less of a mobile device than a 11"-13" netbook, but when it comes to decent performance for your hard earned cash 17" laptops go long way and are only marginally larger than 15.6" models.
I carry my 17" Acer pretty much everywhere and I am by no means the largest of guys, only 6'2 and 160 something pounds.
Edit: on the ram issue, ram costs about as much as a sandwitch, get a model with 8gigs, a philips head screwdriver and buy two extra sticks of compatible DDR3 sticks and you are golden, 4 gig sticks are less than 20 dollars each unless you go into the silly end of the spectrum.
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