Thanks to all who have replied. I am waiting at least until after tomorrow to see if there are any announcements to make a final decision. I am leaning toward the 2.4 gHz model at the moment. Thinking that it will give the longest usability. In a dream it would be nice to buy hardware and have it meet your needs forever but that really is an hallucination! I will do the 160 gig drive for upgrade. Jens Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana... lstnmt(at)bresnan.net On Aug 6, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Tim Collier wrote: > I went sort of the other way. I went from a G4 iBook to a > MacBook. I was pretty good and I upgraded the hard drive > too...it's really nice that you can do that. But, I just had to > have a MacBook Pro and when they released the Core 2 Duo's I got > one. You *can* upgrade the hard drive but it involves a major > disassembly of the computer that I'm not willing to risk. The PC- > Card slot has come in very handy. I bought a Verizon wireless card > and I'm able to take it anywhere and be connected. Not as fast as > Cable or DSL but still pretty fast. The graphics are much better > than on the MacBook. The MacBook Pro is significantly faster too. > I love mine!