Its true, it did come with 128 built in and a 128 chip...so I upgrade to the 512 chip about 6 months ago. Def. worth it. Anyway, I am kinda planning on getting a new laptop, but probably not for another year or two. This one does everything I need it to and more. From the get go I decided I wouldn't even think about getting another laptop until the CPU speeds were double mine on the PB 12". Right now they are only up to 1.5 ghz and double mine would be roughly 1.7 ghz. So I'll probably wait till they get the dual G4 cores out or G5 laptop...who knows, maybe I'll wait for the G6. But regardless, right now its too early to spend that much on a new laptop when this thing hammers. I am thinking of an external hd...and/or maybe an iPod (right now I just have the shuffle)