I found the macbook pro a little over kill for my needs. opted for the macbook 13" with 1.83 ghz intel core duo processor. 2 gig ddr2 667 ram (got two 256 ddr2 sodimms for sale if anybody wants). cd rw/dvdrom, 60 gig sata hd, bluetooth and airport extreme. the price for a compareable dell is higher, plus it doesnt need antivirus or spyware protection unless i install windows. performance is great, in fact while running windows it out performed all comparably equipped windows laptops!
photoshop runs through a translation software called rosetta on the intel processor, and goes about the same speed as it does on the power pc macs. expect a 1.5 - 3x increase in speed if adobe releases an intel version for mac. other software that is intel optimized go about double the speed of my power pc imac. (iphoto, and imovie and idvd all run noticably faster on the 'book than my Imac (which is no slouch with 2 gigs of ram and g5 ). Sales cleck will try to upsell you to the macbook pro....it has a seperate graphics card and does 3d graphics better than the macbook...(stock..that gap narrows with a ram upgrade...and photoshop peaks at about one gig ram for itself) if you don't do 3d games you won't ever notice the difference. If you can't get the software you need for mac, then you install windows. better to get the smaller sized notebook and an external monitor if you want the best f both worlds in terms of portability, and big screens.
ps thanx galloot...

well my head hurts a little today....went witching (or dowsing if you preferr), I don't use a stick or wire, heck I'm not even looking for water....I just make a v with my fingers and move my arm till it twiches and follow it to the coffee....
seriously though, I have an Emac, an Imac and a mackbook, which means a side by side of a high quality crt, lcd and glossy lcd. here's the skinny...
the emac is where all my photo print jobs get done...my I mac is where most video editing and photo compositing gets done. I could live with out the emac, but it is easier to get profiled, and angle of view doesn't chang contrast...the Imac is better than most people would think, and the new cinema displays are better than crts.
The Macbook is a different story...in the studio it can blow away any crt and lcd I've owned to date, for sharpness and contrast and color. Outside the studio, it totally losses it and is of a pain. the glossy finish is highly reflective, and hard to see. the contrast chanes with viewing angle. A huey helps as does a couple of permanent marker dots (on the chasis and lid) used to line up the lid for repeatable viewing angles.
you can run both osx and windoze at the same time on the macbook.

I love my crackbook, er, macbook.
It gotz 2 gigles of ram.
I got giggles tooo.
been workinf and drinking wine.
Big coporate gig...fun party.
shot aboot 500 good shots and played live previews during shoot on big screen tv
customerz very happy...me too
layed out thankyou cardz an printed snapz on two epsons, while running sldie show abd laying out dvd

macbook/macbookpro.

nothings changed....hold an ist/k series dslr side by side with a cannon rebel, and see which one feels llike a cheap disposable.....

Steve Irwin, who at the hight of his popularity penned a deal to promote Pentax, has died.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/04/australia.irwin/index.html

correct, you are.

Dumb Nikon user.
oxymoron.

having the flash in the shot, fooled the camera meter...exposure comp +1.5would've fixed that, but since the softbox was the subject, not me I simply didn't adjust.
for macro or fill it's pretty good.
the next one with a tin pie plate extended the reach a fair bit.
I've not had time to play...but stopped down-up close should be doable.....
will shoot later this week and post