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I'm going to be somewhat critical in this post (which is the point!) but keep in mind that I am searching here, and I actually would love to own any of these new models.

The ads are great!  Jeff served us well once again!

12" PowerBook
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For this much money, I want Airport Extreme built-in, not just ready.
Also, 1024x768 is a terrible resolution, but on 12", what more can we expect?  Nice, if all you want to do is e-mail and instant messaging.  But why wouldn't you just get an iBook in this case?  Isn't the G4 a bit of a waste?

FireWire 800 should be on this model.  We need to promote our new standard!  Having only one model with FireWire 800 is going to seriously hurt the growth of it in the next few months.

I would own one of these in a heartbeat, but won't pay the money for one right now... without FireWire 800, this thing is sure to be outdated in no time.

15.2" PowerBook
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Okay, so Apple way over-stocked.  The price drops are nice, but shouldn't they go ahead and release some new 15.2" models?  The 12" models are BETTER.  How much sense does this make?  And anyway, for most users, 12" is too small but 17" is entirely too big.  The 15.2 needed to be upgraded... it was the only model that needed upgrading.  Apple blew it on this one, and IMO it is their only totally moronic decision today.

17" PowerBook
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Great Price!  But this thing is WAY too big for most folks.  It looks like a clown's shoe.

I'll keep my 15.2" 667 G4 and wait for the next revision of 15.2" PowerBooks.  :-)

I wanted FireWire 800, but I'm not going to put up with 17" of aluminum taking up my entire desk to get it. 

*Don't flame me -- just giving my honest opinions here -- and notice I mentioned that I would still love to have one of these new PowerBooks -- I just won't pay for it with MY hard-earned money*  :-)