If you’ve ever laid your eyes on the Lenovo ThinkPad W700, you know it’s a monster of a laptop. It’s so big that Lenovo didn’t need to think twice when choosing a model to go dual screen with – as they did with the W700ds – because this laptop was so big that, hey, a little more weight could hardly hurt it.

I’ve personally had a chance to work on the W700 and let me tell you, it is one capable laptop, with a built in digitizer, a beautiful bright LCD, a quad core extreme processor, and RAM up the wazoo among many other features. Compared to some smaller laptops I’ve worked on, it truly is a joy to use. But while it is “only” 17″ and 8.3lbs, the sheer physical size of it in conjunction with the large power cord and other accessories can make it very difficult to carry around.

Arimasa Naitoh over at Yamato Thinking recently took his W700 on a road trip to see if it would be worth it. He chose it over the more portable ThinkPad X301, another laptop I’ve used and fallen in love with for completely different reasons. In the end, he found the ease with which it handled his CAD/design needs made the shoulder strain and funny looks at the airport worth it.

Frankly, I’m not sure I could handle carrying around the W700 all day. It always seemed like a bedroom-to-living-room kind of portable laptop to me. But I guess it’s doable if you need to, and not just doable – well worth it, if Naitoh is to be believed. Have you had an experience transporting the W700? If so, how has it worked out for you?