I own all three machines and you would kill yourself if you tried to use the 12" for those applications. Wait for the new 15". It will be the best of both worlds for you. Alexandre Kapellos wrote: > Hi, > > Here's my dilema: > I'm using a rev A 400mhz Titanium. The 20Gb HD is reaching "full" > status, and of course, it has no Super or Combo drive. Investing in > this machine would be a bad idea... so I'm starting to look at the new > powerbooks... > > The 17' is too big and too expensive(!), the 15' is too fragile (and is > about to be replaced...), so this leaves me with the 12' PB. The price > is right, for me at least, and the size/form factor also. > > I will be working with the following applications: Flash, Dreamweaver, > VectorWorks, ArchiCAD, Maya, and doing some JAVA... > > So basically, what are this machines limitations? No L3 cache? Where is > this a disadvantage? No PCMCIA slot? RAM limit? Screen size? > > Am I missing anything, or is this machine a good compromise between > price and power? > > Thanks, > Alexandre