It must depend a lot on what your intentions are for your computer. I bought the core duo 2.0Ghz Macbook Pro myself, and after seeing the Macbook and its specs - I'm *so* glad I got the "Pro" and didn't wait around for this thing.
All of these "Macbook Pro is way overpriced!" comments seem to ignore the fact that it was priced quite competitively with something having a practically identical configuration (minus the iSight camera you get on a Macbook Pro) from Dell and others.
Having an ATI x1600 video with 256MB of video RAM built-in is a HUGE factor in my purchase! If you look at, say, the latest issue of Computer Shopper magazine where they compare "20 new, popular notebooks" - you'll see that the Macbook Pro's video is superior to just about everything else in their list.
Even in the world of desktop Windows PCs, I'd *never* be satisfied with a system that only offered one of Intel's integrated video options. The first thing most Windows users do with such a motherboard is buy a new AGP or PCI Express video card from ATI or nVidia and install it, bypassing the integrated video.
I *do* want to be able to play games on my notebook. It's not realistic for me to say "Oh, I can live without a fast video card and just use this machine for business-related stuff." Yes, I do use it for work practically every day (web site design and updates, etc.) - but I could do that on a $300 used Windows laptop too. The whole point of this purchase was owning a notebook with impressive specs all the way around, that can handle whatever I might throw at it. I do some video editing here and there (especially those videos taken over the holidays), some gaming here and there, a little bit of photo editing/retouching, a little generic work in MS Office, and who knows what else? No point in spending $1000+ on a Macbook that can't do some things any better than a 3 year old, cheapie Windows laptop (3D gaming, etc.).
