That would be it. I just really don't need that much power while I'm out and about. I have four criteria for my ideal laptop:A trend I've been noticing in the past year is that performance isn't everything to everyone -- and what I think MultiFinder17 may be experiencing is that he's willing to accept the performance trade-off for a G4 system, in order to get a Mac OS X machine that does what he needs/wants, in a small 12-inch 4:3 form factor.
As for the 17-inch powerbook being slightly faster -- it's also slightly more GARGANTUAN. I've got a 15-inch widescreen ThinkPad, and I would be utterly terrified to think of how much more gargantuan a 17-inch laptop must be, especially given that I think of this thing as a whale.
Anyway, congrats on the nice find MultiFinder17 -- I'm glad the 12-incher is working out for you
1. It has very good battery life. I don't like carrying the power cord.
2. It runs Mac OS X, because I'm used to it, all my apps that I use are for it, and its feature set allows me to be more productive than in other systems.
3. It's affordable.
4. It's as small as possible.
This bugger fulfills 1 better than the MacBook, they're on par with 2, when I sell the MacBook I may actually wind up making a little bit, so it trounces on 3, and it also wins by a good margin on 4. I could really care less how thick the thing is; the footprint and amount of room it takes up on a desk is what really matters to me. I actually kinda like a bit of thickness to my notebook (not that I would want this little baby any thicker)
