Well I sure won't argue with you. I agree, the P'08 and the P12 are very different instruments, and they lead you in different directions. I guess my main interest was in trying to figure out the P12, where it belongs and what it might replace. I thought it might be a good update for my good old Poly Evolvers, but no. Instead, I found it to be more similar to the P'08, even though light years beyond it in sophistication. The three instruments are unique and complimentary. No one synthesizer can replace the others and they actually make a superb ensemble.
Anyways, I learned a ton in my too short period with the P12 - about the instrument itself, but about other synthesizer and music-related things as well. It was an extremely fruitful month, but it's just about over now. Next I'll decide if I can part with a PEK to finance my own Prophet 12.