On the 12" and 15", you can learn to use Apple's wonderful Expose features. I use it all the time and it has expanded my productivity ten-fold. If you get the 15", you can always return to the office and hook it up to an external monitor to get dual-monitor spanning which can double or even triple your screen real estate. I don't mind choosing the 15" over the 17". It's just a matter of adjusting your workflow. In another example, some people shoot billiards with their left hand and other folks shoot billiards with their right hands. Whatever works for them..... :-) Wilson - Guam, U.S.A. - - - P L E A S E C U T A L O N G D O T T E D L I N E - - - You can bend my ear We can talk all day Just make sure I'm around When you've finally got something to say. -- TOAD THE WET SPROCKET