the problem is that the size screen that you want is not the cheapest one (a 16 inch screen laptop may be the same price or cheaper!!! than a 13 inch)
that said, I prefer smaller screens myself
my current one is a hp dm3-1030us, paid 550 bucks back in December and got a 50 dollar rebate (getting the rebate of course is a hit-miss thing)
caveats
the touchpad is terrible..........and it doesnt have a huge processing power plus it doesnt have an optical drive, I simply attach an external mouse if I know I am going to be doing lots of work......I don't do anything cpu intensive in the machine.......and I rarely if ever need the dvd drive
so for me, that machine works (and it looks pretty cool as well)