but you can get the MBP 2.2ghz at the US apple store for $1800 with the edu discount, so you save like $20...its not that much, or am i missing something?
There is not much different in performance when comparing 128 and 26 MB video card... 40 GB is nothing, just plug in external HD for your 'digital junk' and I definitely sure you will not notice 0.2 GHz processing speed difference