I've been using a IBM Lenovo laptop with a 15.4" widescreen and I'm pretty happy with it. It's a fairly large machine but most of the size is in the width and not depth. The widescreen is very convient for having multiple windows open. The only thing I wish I had was a little more resolution, I've got 1680x1050 but you can now get 1920x1200, which is perfect for two pages side by side (and can display 1080p natively). In the office I have two 17" lcds that are only 1280x1024, the minimum resolution I can stand. But I'm working on upgrading to a 24" widescreen with the 1920x1200 I mentioned above.