So unless you’ve got a strict $1000 cap, you’re better off with a MacBook Pro. It’s thinner, lighter, and has more features, along with a far better display. The aluminum unibody construction, faster CPU (2.4GHz vs 2.26), RAM upgrade (4GB vs 2GB), backlit keyboard, and SD card reader are just bonuses. It’s $200 more expensive than the plastic unibody MacBook (or $150 if you’re a student, due to a larger discount on the MBP), but it’s definitely worth it, for a number of reasons.The difference in display quality between the plastic MacBook and the MBP13 is almost enough to justify the extra cost alone.

So lets start with the easier part of the conclusion: if you need an OS X portable and think the MBP15 is too large, the 13” MacBook Pro is the one to get. Macs are divisive products-the people who use them love them, but for every person that loves a Mac there’s two more that wish all things Apple would burn in hell. There’s the style factor, the (lack of) value factor, the fanboy factor, the OS X factor (for Macs), etc.

Apple products tend to be tough to give a conclusion on.

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