You’re exactly right. This unibody MacBook will be a great machine, a handy device through the next presidential elections and beyond.
I just thought that Apple wouldn’t bother updating the MacBook line until Intel released their Calpella platform in Q3, and then all of these updates—FireWire, better battery, unification of the MacBook and the MB Pro line—would happen then.
I think they may be freeing up the Macbook name for a future Mac Touch Screen Tablet computer...
I’m just waiting for the next generation of SSD drives to come on the market. $400 for the smaller 128 GB version still seems a bit steep for me, even with the price cuts to the unit as a whole. I don’t know though, if it’s going to be a long wait I may just break down and buy one (a sure way provoke an upgrade).