You will get a lot of opinions on this because it is a tough choice. My view is that if you really need light weight and small size and don't need a PC card slot, get a 12". If you don't, I'd strongly recommend the 17". The screen real estate is well worth the extra pound and few inches in size. I moved from a 15" to a 17" and it took less than a day to get used to the difference in size but I get the rewards of the much larger screen every day. What's one pound in a 12-15# case of stuff anyway? On Mar 5, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Bob Bergey wrote: > But I'm having last minute second thoughts that maybe I should > consider the 17 inch PowerBook instead. I'd really appreciate input > from anyone who made that same decision and how they feel about it > after the fact.