I think you're another one of those who buy into the concept of "more megapixels is better", and therefore having a camera with less megapixels will make you some sort of technological dinosaur.
did you realise that PnS cameras with high megapixel count actually perform worse in terms of picture noise, compared with their ANCESTORS...? Something to ponder over...
The native resolution of a 17" or 19" LCD is 1280x1024 (1.3 megapixels).
An 8R (8" x 10". Almost A4 size) print requires about 4 megapixels if printing at 200dpi. Unless you're cropping 70% of the photo off, 12MP is excessive for a PnS, don't you think?