"Do you think it will be ok? Is there anything to put over the screen like nushield or something to tone down the mirror effect?"
This is a hard question to answer because everyone is affected by it differently, only seeing...
Once you go with widescreen notebooks, you can't go backto non-widescreen, at least for me. If graphics didn't matter and portability was the most important, I'd go with the z33a- batteries can last you for hours on with the 9 cell...