Well, a year ago I’d have been joking, but as soon as Windows 7 is released, I’m selling my MacBook and buying a Windows 7 notebook. I’ve been playing with Windows 7 on my kid’s computer, and I absolutely love it.
Me too. I pre-ordered the family upgrade pack already and can’t wait. I have been running RC1 since it was released and it is great.
May I humbly suggest you just install Win7 on the MacBook.
After I got my current MacBook, I installed the Win7 RC on my previous Mac (a Mini) using BootCamp, and it's the best Windows machine I've ever used. It performs extremely well.
You may recall that when BootCamp got popular, many reviews of "What hardware runs Windows best?" came to the conclusion that Mac hardware was the best Windows platform around.
Seriously, if your unibody MacBook is in decent physical shape, I recommend you consider using it as the platform for your next Windows install. You have nothing to lose by trying it before buying something else.
Note: I -also- run VMware and have multiple Win OSes in VMs that I run on Mac hardware. That's not the same; there are pros and cons to VMs vs. metal installs. But if you don't want OS-X as your main system, relegate OS-X to a small part of the MacBook hard drive (say, 30GB) and BootCamp the rest for Win7.
I have been very pleased with mine...