Thanks for the info and advice. I guess it comes down to the obvious question: What will it be used for? iPhoto Ms Office Some light iMovie'ing Some Photoshop stuff Some Dreamweaver'ing (or would that be weaving?) Blogging Firefoxing Apple Mail All of these things can be done perfectly well on a Macbook, except for maybe I would miss the FW800 when importing from the video cam? Guess I could live with that. If the MBP was just a "little more" than the MB I would go for it. But it's around $1000 more. So there it is.