midway through my 3rd term at college, my laptop died, and I HAD to get a new one, this was not optional. My parents said they would buy it as I had about $300 to my name at that point. I went to the Apple store with the intention of buying the Macbook. It was smaller, lighter, and the keyboard was IMO nicer. My dad took one look at the white Macbook and said No way was I getting that, it looks like a toy. We spent the extra $800 on the pro model.
Looking back, since it wasn't my money it was the right choice. It'll let me play games (Intel Integrated graphics will last for THIS generation of games before you start running into problems, the dedicated graphic cards will last at least for 2 generations, maybe three before they become too old), the screen is larger, but most importantly, at 3am when my room mate was going to bed, I could sit in bed typing my paper without any lights on and use the backlit keyboard.
Having only touched a MB a few times, I gotta say that the perks that the pro model have really make it worth the extra. And... when compared to a comparable Vista machine, the price isn't that much more.
Looking back, since it wasn't my money it was the right choice. It'll let me play games (Intel Integrated graphics will last for THIS generation of games before you start running into problems, the dedicated graphic cards will last at least for 2 generations, maybe three before they become too old), the screen is larger, but most importantly, at 3am when my room mate was going to bed, I could sit in bed typing my paper without any lights on and use the backlit keyboard.
Having only touched a MB a few times, I gotta say that the perks that the pro model have really make it worth the extra. And... when compared to a comparable Vista machine, the price isn't that much more.
