need advise

So I was going to post this in the "What Notebook Should I Buy section" but that is not what I need. I already know I will buy a Dell as that is who my company gets their Notebooks with.
I have been given a limited budget to purchase a new notebook for myself. and so far the outlets seems to be the best place for the bang for the buck.

So now the questions, what notebook.
I am looking at a M4400 or a M6400 (no M6500 in the outlets) this would have been my first 17" notebook. I have had many 15" notebooks including my Home one.
So what do I do? I do several things including Program SQL, Network equipment, read a heck of a lot of tech manuals (i have a 24" main monitor and a 22" monitor in portrait mode on my work desk) etc, etc.

I am looking for a notebook that has a larger screen than my E4300 for day to day. I will only be taking this unit from work to home and vise-versa, with my E4300 coming with me when I travel.

So although I like a 15" screen, the 1440x900 is just not going to cut it for me (my Macbook is 1440x900 and just not working for what i do)....

How do people like the 17" any regrets going to this size? weight?
I am looking for some real world suggestions.

 

You can get a WUXGA screen in both the M4400 and M6400. Just look in the details at the outlet site.

The M6400 is a great system, but it's kind of a beast. http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfb/notebooks/precn_m/cp.aspx?refid=precn_m&s=dfb&cs=28

For what you are trying to do, I would get the 17" for the added screen size and the ability to have 16GB of RAM. The M4400 only does 8GB.

 

The M4500 was just announced, maybe that's an option?
Most specs are released but not all. It will have an sRGB LED 1600x900 screen or an 1920x1080 RGB LED if you want even higher res.
Good battery life as said by Dell but ofcourse we'll have to see how that works irl, up to 16gb RAM

read more here:
http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/extc...veils_the_Precision_M4500_mobile_workstation/