seriously.... a month and a half after i bought a vista laptop... oh well... maybe ill sell that and my old macbook...

It's a very good machine for DJing... and, like the Pro, is now built with Unibody technique, only plastic instead Aluminium. A big refresh for the entry-level Macbook.

This one will sell like hotcakes this Christmas.

I have one of the early versions but the only bad thing is no fire wire!

ha i knew i read somewhere 'firewire was going to be discontinued on newer macbooks' just not the pro's

You'll need a Pro for the firewire port.
Yes, if you have an external FW HD, a VCI AND a VFX this puppy is not OK.

also no dedicated line-in port - you wont be able to monitor line-in audio on headphones without a soundcard taking up a usb port. some lame aspects to it tho it does look pretty fresh, unibody is dope

wrong...AUDIO IN-OUT...

www.apple.com

I aint care,I love my mac book It works GREAT WITH ITCH, I will Stick to my USB HD.

cerla - what im saying is that they nixed the two port standard of one being a "dedicated" in and one being a "dedicated" headphone.
now you have to pick whether you want to push audio in - or use it with headphones.

i record a lot of vinyl to mp3 and like to monitor it with headphones as i do it - if i bought this macbook - id need an external soundcard.

Ok but... seriously?
Recording with internal card is a very poor solution as far as quality is concerned... And nowadays you can buy a simple but great sounding interface for little money.

seriously, i want one! unibody plastic ftw!
just lame that they dropped firewire/2channel soundcard.

btw, ive never been disappointed with the internal soundcard on my macbook pro for recordings.

how do u think they also dropped the price?

I like aluminum body better...

in the UK there's a £100 difference between the Macbook & the Macbook Pro

I'd think i'd rather pay the extra £100 as you also get;

A. - illuminated keyboard. - no messing about with USB powered lights in dingy clubs.
B. - firewire
C. - SD card slot

All features worth having, on a dedicated DJing machine.

Sure, I have 2 MBP too, but there's a 20% difference in price, it can make a difference especially for people coming from Windows (as they can't imagine how sweet the Macintosh tastes and are still comparing computers based on tech specs sheets).

Apple MBP Pro FTW :-)

can i hook up my esata disk to MBP?

I noticed this, but you also get a smaller hard drive: 160GB on the 13" mbp compared to 250GB on the macbook

with an expresscard adapter for it... sure.. i did that.

thx djdavez

Unfortunately, not an option for the unibody 15'' MBP