Apple's New MacBook Pro - Core2Duo, but is it enough

I have never had a MacBook or any Mac for that. I will admit I do have an iPod but that was because I had $50 dollars worth of free iTunes songs from when Pepsi had the free song give away on the caps, I had everyone I knew who drank Pepsi save them for me. So when Apple upgraded there MacBook line I decided to check it out. I have always been a Windows and Linux geek, I know that in itself is cliche but what can I say but I love all tech.

So I decided to compare the specs from the new MacBook line with the latest Core2Duo's. What I found was suprising. I decided to navigate over to Newegg.com to see what they had. I'm sure if you looked you could find better deals. I started by comparing to the most expensive Sony VAIO with Windows Media Center, well I could buy the 17inch MacBook and only lose 60Gb of hard drive space and 2 lbs, not to shabby. The 15inch MacBooks where less than the most expensive one, but only slightly more by $200 to $500 dollars than the midrange laptops. The budget Toshiba was far slower but had a larger 17'' screen. Below you can find some of the specs to the systems I looked at. With the lasted outcry over vista licensing terms, this could be my next PC or should I say MC.
I will leave you to make the final decision, so my last thought is if you buy a Mac head over to Parallels and buy the Virtual Machine for Mac and you can still install that wonderful Microsoft or Linux Distro.

The 15 inch comes with 2 different types of processors a 2.16Ghz and 2.33Ghz and the 17inch with the 2.33Ghz processors @ 2799.99.

Specs for the Core2Duo MacBook:

• 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1440 x 900 pixels
• 1GB memory
• 120GB hard drive¹
• 6x double-layer SuperDrive
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB SDRAM
• $1,999.00
  

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MacBook 15inch 2nd Option

• 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1440 x 900 pixels
• 2GB memory
• 120GB hard drive¹
• 6x double-layer SuperDrive
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 256MB SDRAM
• $2,499.00
  

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Toshiba Satellite

• Intel Core 2 Duo T5200(1.60GHz)
• 120GB
• 1GB DDR2
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• DVD±R/RW
• 17" WXGA+
• Video Memory - shared memory
• $1199.99

ASUS A8JS-4S013P

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7200(2.00GHz)
• NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
• 100GB
• 1GB DDR2
• Windows XP Professional
• DVD±R/RW
• 14" WXGA+
• 512MB
• $1598.99

Sony VAIO VGN-SZ340P15

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7600(2.33Ghz)
• 13.3'' WXGA
• 2GB DDR2
• 160GB 5400RPM
• DVD±R/RW
• NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 128MB
• 4.07 lbs
• $2609.99