If you want a computer with a useable trackpad
Debatable. I have the 2008 unibody MacBook. Aside from 2 finger scrolling in webpages, its every bit as unusable as every other trackpad on the market. It's a necessary evil that only gets used when I'm not at a desk and can't use a mouse.
What about it? Theres nothing special about the unibody design. Sure, it's a lot better than Apple's previous designs. But it's nothing special compared to the rest of the industry. Apple is the only company to have the problems they have. Look at the current plastic MacBook and its widespread screen cracking issues. You don't see that in the PC world. You don't see the other plastic issues Apple has had, such as cracking from heat or design flaws like the top casing on the previous generation MacBooks. You also don't see the issues with heat warping, denting, and pealing problems you see with the various metal Macs. And thanks to that aluminum unibody enclosure with no proper cooling system, you're stuck with dual core processors in a $2200 machine that aren't as fast as true quad core Core i7's in $900 1.5" thick PCs. The unibody design is both Apple's greatest design and greatest weakness.
OS X has some catching up to do when compared to Windows 7 anyway. It's kind of funny that running Windows 7 on my 2008 aluminum MacBook makes it a more capable machine than running OS X. Besides that, when you compared the Core i7 MBP to PCs, OS X doesn't justify the $1,300 price premium.
A user replaceable battery that gets 8 hours? I'll take that. That means I can replace the battery myself and even carry an extra or two so I can do whatever I like with it.
New HP lines ship with 16x9 14, 15, and 17" models.
HP has been offering 1920x1080 options on their 15 and above models for years now.
And don't forget this
http://gizmodo.com/5531262/hp-pavilion-dv6-the-first-touchscreen-pavilion-notebook
Looks like HP beat Apple to the bunch again. First out with a touchscreen notebook.
Wonder how long it'll take Apple to copy. Took Apple about a year to copy HP's two tone design with a glass screen.
I'll take a wider screen with a proper aspect ratio, thank you
amazing customer support then go with the MacBook Pro
That is also debatable. Just ask all the groups of people who had to file class action claims against Apple because of design flaws in the iBook lines. Or the HDD recall with the MacBook. I know someone who has had multiple HDDs die on her as a result of Apple using those faulty HDDs, and she was unable to restore from Time Machine because of corrupted backups, and now Apple will do nothing to try to recover her data or compensate her for her lost work files, despite the fact that this is Apple's screw up.
And to the rest who claim HP is stealing Apple's design with the Envy, don't forget that HP had the two tone gray and black design back in 2006. They added a glass screen to it some time after. Apple took that design and Sony's keyboard and made the MacBook "Pro" as you know it today.