13 or 14 inch Laptop?

[Ncatona-00]

Hello everyone! I have a question regarding the best laptop size for portability and also productivity. I currently use a 15.6 inch pavilion laptop which works well for me. Specs is the 4700u from amd and 256 ssd with wifi 6 and backlit keyboard. I built it on hp.com during black friday last year and had no issues with it, just some windows bugs with blue screen and bios errors which I expected since amd finally went mainstream again. 

My question comes down to portability and use, this 15.6 laptop is just a pain for me to transfer from home, to work and eventually school too. For the screen sizes is a 14 inch good for portability? Or do I need to go down to the 13 inch, and also I will probably stick with HP since they're killing it right now. I noticed their new beautiful pavilion aero 13.3 inch and I was thinking of that or an envy 13, or the envy 14. I am sticking with the amd bandwagon for the moment 😉

Please give me input for what you would recommend. I have seen videos saying the 13 inch is too small for productivity but alas I haven't seen them in person yet, and I've seen a video say the 14 inch is the sweet spot with screen size but im worried about its portability. 

[Ncatona-00]

Bumping thread, thanks to @BiancaS for moving to right forum. 

[Huffer]

Long time mobile computer user. Until pandemic relied heavily on my laptop on airplanes, etc. to do my job. I have gradually settled over the years on a 14 inch. Also have had 13s and can make it work but agree 13 is just a little too small for productivity. 

[Ncatona-00]

Hows portability with the 14?

[Huffer]

Everything is a compromise. The smaller the more portable obviously. A 14 seems to fit in briefcases and pack away quite a bit better than a 15. A 13 is even better in that regard. As I said I have owned too many laptops to count. 10 inch all the way up to 17 inch screens and the last 3 or 4 of them have been 14s and it is what I will continue to buy.