I've had a MB Pro for several months now and paid around $1650 for the 1.83ghz from Amazon after rebates. We also bought a white Macbook 1.83ghz, $999 after rebate, to replace our 9 month old iBook so I can compare the two.

I wished apple had improved the case design over the Aluminum G4 Powerbooks. My new computer looks exactly like my old one.

The screen on the Pro has a much higher resolution, so I can fit more pallets on screen at the same time. For most PC weenies, that translates to more cells in your Excel worksheets than the Macbook. I also find the glossy screen to be annoying and like the "classic" matte screen finish, though photos and movies do look nicer when the glare doesn't prevent you from seeing them.

The speed between the two computers are about the same. We upgraded both computers to 2 gb of ram.

Battery life on the Macbook has been only slightly better than the Pro. We get around 3.5-4 hours of movie playback time when viewing DIVX files from the hard drive. Be sure to turn off Bluetooth, WIFI, dim the screen and turn on Better Battery Life though.

I'm probably getting a Verizon ExpressCard EDVO card, otherwise there is very little else I would use the slot for.