Sorry to hijack the thread for a second, but I'm in a similar problem. I'm heading to college next year, and my current comp, a 2.0ghz macbook is starting to show some signs of wear after 3 years, a ram and hd upgrade. I do a lot of music work on it (logic, pro tools, etc.), and it works well for that, but for general work and other general computing tasks, it's starting to suffer, and it's physically starting to fall apart, so it's currently retired for portable use. I already have a netbook that I use for school, and I'm perfectly happy with that, except for college, I want to have a mac there, as I am planning to work on music, and I can only use a mac for logic, and I would just rather keep my work on there. The thing is, should I just stick with my current MB until it dies, get a new MBP, or get an imac or mini? I don't need complete top of the line specs. I just need something that can do basic logic, basic pro tools, and general desktop stuff, and will last.
I know this is pretty convoluted, but I guess my question is, assuming I use my netbook for day to day notetaking and stuff, what should I get for my other stuff? I doubt i'd be doing mobile sessions at college, but I don't want to put myself at a disadvantage.
Also, the reason I'm posting this now is that I'm getting this comp very soon for my own use for work and stuff for the end of this year also, so I figure I might as well do the college comp shopping now.