I'd agree that Macs are ideal for clueless people (which is not the same as saying that Mac users are all clueless), however, if you look around in these forums, there are sticky threads about the software that everyone should add to what's in the box with a new Mac. ... and these threads aren't taht small or unpopular.
It's different from setting up a Windows machine in the sense that you normally don't have to remove adware, but there are important items on these lists that aren't even freeware. It's definitely not the X factor that makes Macs more attractive than other brands of computers... heck, if installing additional software was such a big barrier for new users, Linux would have a bigger market share and there wouldn't be as many windows boxes joining botnets
Back to the MBP and the bang for the buck, I'd really like to see its geekbench rating instead of the rating for that family of CPUs. That's how we'd see how much work Apple has put into optimizing that machine. We could even see how much a geekbench point costs at Apple vs. HP and Dell.
If I had the money for such a machine I'd be a bit scared of this locking out of 3rd party battery suppliers but apart from that it looks like a great product. Can't wait to hear about the performance and the sales of glossy vs. matte screens - that's a war that needs to be won
