And minus the expresscard slot... which is probably not geared to consumers as much as the SD card slot would be, so it got removed (like the matte/non-glare display option last time.) All the things we used to expect on a Macbook Pro are slowly being relegated to the 17" model. It's not too hard to see the direction this is going... whatever nomenclature Apple chooses to use is all irrelevant. The professional world is not really Apple's market any more, and Lenovo or someone else will eventually target that with specialized professional-level machines (they already are...) to compete with Apple's single remaining pro model. I'm not saying a plain old plastic Macbook can't be used professionally - of course it can, but the target market as far as Apple is concerned is not the professional creative/graphics/photography/video/music producing crowd anymore, but is really the consumer and college student crowd who need Facebook and YouTube type of ease-of-use with iPod/iPhone syncronization and strong internet integration. Next year when the hybrid OS X/iPhone OS tablet makes it's debut, it will likely solidify the target market as the socially active consumer, and most of Apple's future profit (like much of the most recent profit) will certainly come from the ranks of the consumer, not the professional/industrial purchasers.
thats right....
