[saschke]

I'd like to discuss one thing, as that seems to be the most controversial point in this thread: isn't a slower, bigger hard-drive nearly as fast as a smaller one with more rpm? e.g. 250gb at 5400rpm vs. 200gb @ 7200rpm??

i've ordered my new mbp (baseline) with the bigger drive and feel way better knowing that hard-disk space issues are further down the road compared to 200gb stock...