Right, basically it depends on budget. If you are more into deisgn and cpu thirsty app's a MBP would be the way to go but if you are doing basic work a MB should be fine. The MPB has bigger and faster HD's, gruntier ram and slightly more grunty processer even though it won't make a big difference. Also you need to consider size. The MBP comes in a 15" or a 17" where the MB only has a 13" (theres rumours of a 15" coming soon). So basically thats all you need to consider. Ooh and the other things cory mentioned

Originally Posted by stillt Thanks for the reply Cory - thats the sort of info I needed! Is the bundled software exactly the same on each?

Yep they both come with ilife and the basic's, i'm pretty sure it's exactly same with all of the mac's.