Help Needed... I'm desperate

Here are the facts:

- I currently use an HP notebook which I bought 3 years ago and it resembles a plastic-toy more than it does a professional notebook
- I've been an Apple fan forever and I've been looking to replace my notebook with a Mac since October of 2006 however when I finally decided that the switch was needed, it was May of 2007 and this site kept telling me to wait for Macworld this past January
- I'm finishing my 3rd year in university and I have one more left
- I mainly use the computer for music, internet browsing, word processing, and anything else the "average" computer user might do
- I'm going to be working on 2 new start-up companies this summer and both are internet-related

- You should also know I'm also very materialistic when it comes to clothes, shoes, and gadgets so I like to have the nicest and newest gadgets as soon as they come out because I like to be known as "that" guy. (I know I'm arrogant, leave me alone).

Here's what I'd like to know:

- I believe that a MacBook Pro is my best fit. I'd probably assume that I'd be a simple MacBook user however with the new businesses I'm starting - I feel that I might need something a little more professional. Am I wrong?
- Now that updated MacBook Pro has come out... when do you think the MacBook Pro redesign will be released (namely the thinner, new keyboard, larger trackpad, magnetic latch, etc.)?