Just trying to decide whether to choose between the MBP 2.2 or get a blackbook 2.2 and upgrade the ram and hd. I start school for digital media design soon, so i will be running CS3 lots and doing video and picture editing.
Would you say it would be worth it for the extra $500 to bump up to the pro? or would the blackbook be fine with the upgraded ram etc. etc.
just trying to figure out the pros and cons for each
Personally, I wouldn't go with the Blackbook. It is just overpriced and you're paying alot of extra money just for the colour (especially when fingerprints show up really easily on them).
If money allows, I personally would opt for the pro. You're not going to be doing too much gpu heavy stuff by the sounds of it, but for digital media design, I would think the screen size would be quite an issue. I do web developement and graphics design at university, and alot of the time, I find even the 15" on the MBP restricting (to the point, I use an ACD when I'm at my desk), but that's just me...I really think the screens are a bit small on the Macbooks for that kind of work though.
If you have a local Apple Store, I would suggest go along to the store, try each one out. Most of the time, they tend to have alot of the software installed (such as iLife, iWork, Final Cut Studio, etc), and see if you could cope with the 13" screen.
I know other people will say the MBP is overkill, and you'd be fine with a Macbook, which may be true, but for me it just comes down to screen size.
