Just wanted to say...

[cyko95]

Just wanted to say hi to everyone again. I haven't posted anything here for about a year now, although I peered in occasionally. I'm looking to pick up a 12"PB sometime next week, and thought i'd reaquaint myself now. Thanks to Z.O. for keeping my pic up on the community site, and it's good to be back! =)

PS - Everyone feel free to enlighten me on the advantages and disadvantages of the 12" PB. Thanks to all.

[Powerdoc]

Originally posted by cyko95
Just wanted to say hi to everyone again. I haven't posted anything here for about a year now, although I peered in occasionally. I'm looking to pick up a 12"PB sometime next week, and thought i'd reaquaint myself now. Thanks to Z.O. for keeping my pic up on the community site, and it's good to be back! =)

PS - Everyone feel free to enlighten me on the advantages and disadvantages of the 12" PB. Thanks to all.

The 12 inch powerbook is a winner, except if you need a big screen

[DMBand0026]

12" PB is an awesome computer, go for it. Portability is amazing. Lightweight, easy to use, decent battery life. Can't really go wrong...unless, like Powerdoc said, you need a bigger screen, but keep in mind that you will sacrifice portability with a larger screen.

[shetline]

I have one, and I really like it a lot. The one negative is that I think the display quality is lacking. I'd really like to see Apple update this with a better quality LCD panel. It seems a little dim overall, and when you're looking at the center of the display in a way that the center looks reasonably good, the edges of the display, a mere few inches away, have a noticeably "off-axis" look. You have to back your face a few feet back from the display to see all of the display well at the same time.

However, I love the extra portability of its smaller size, compared to my old 15" TiBook, and it feels more rugged and solid too.

[cyko95]

Thanks for the reviews so far, and keep 'em coming. As for the screen size issue, thats not a problem as I have 2 other PC's at home, and another laptop that has a 17" widescreen that I will use on the road when I need more power and screen real estate. Thanks again.

[curiousuburb]

there are some threads (http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35699) asking similar advice
depends what you need