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In fact... It's even worse...

Displayport? The average home consumer is still getting used to DVI. The normal reason someone would want an external display is for presentations, and now you'll have to carry a dongle around. I would want a DVI connection on my laptop, becuase today's protectors are likely to have DVI and/or VGA.

No FW400. Sucks to be a DV video user. I guess FW800 is ok, but the loss of the FW400 is rather disappointing.

No FW on the MacBook at all on the MacBook is also disappointing. While switchers don't really care so much about FW, seasoned Apple Users have really come to like FW, becuase of the way it handles power. Mac Users get to enjoy that, but now it's gone. Blah.

$1,000 for a laptop is expensive. It's not uber expensive, but it's not cheap. The average person looks at the MacBook and things, high end/luxury. They don't think of them in the same class of computer as a $700 14" widescreen Core 2 Duo machine from Best Buy, or a $350 netbook. Therefore, I think much of the difference between a MB and MBP shouldn't be there. Probably the most significant would be the express card slot. Many of the shortcomings in either model can be fixed with expresscard, and the MB doesn't even cover for it.