I7 in 15 inch or 17? for photography. . . .

So my problem is I am trying to decide which to order, a 15 or 17 inch in the i7.
I have had a PowerBook G4 for about 4 years and need to upgrade as this is too slow with the larger files I now work with.
I use Leica, which uses the SD card and my Canon equipment uses CF cards. So the 15 has the SD reader built in, nice but would have preferred an express card slot. So the 17 has the Express card slot but is also larger. I wouldn't mind the greater real estate but when working in the field I am not sure how the 17 would do as size and weight counts when traveling especially with all the restrictions now.
I am also wondering about the true speed of the readers and if it would be as effective to use a fire wire reader, which I do now (800), or would the express card be much faster? So there are a few questions I am trying to answer. Size, weight, and functionality.
My last work was in China in some remote areas and we where there for 1.5 years. B oth macs we have had to be sent in for repair while there, which was frustrating but it happnes.
This is my web site of visual and natural history photography: www.pbase.com/jamato8
Thank you for any ideas and input.

You take some very nice photos, John. Only you can decide if the extra real estate is worth the increased size of a 17". That's a lot of laptop. Regarding the Express card slot on the 17"... would you be using it with an eSata card to backup photos to an external hard drive? From a card reader perspective I don't know if anything faster than a FW reader exists and the Macs come with a FW800 port. Just curious as to how you'll use the Express card functionality as part of your workflow?

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