It wasn't just the screen size on the one that's gone back - it was just very flimsy - the usb ports were far too tight, the touchpad was the worst I've used for a long time and very stiff with a lot of travel.
Originally I was just looking for an identical "spare" to my current 4 year old laptop - so I've gone back to that plan. I'm not sure there are any new ones I actually like. I mentioned this on another post, but our teenager is getting a Surface Pro for his birthday/college, so I'll maybe have a go on that and see if I like the keyboard as that also has a small touchpad. But getting another one would cost a lot! I just really don't get on with the large touchpads and shallow key travel on new ones.