Well port ma dog on tha bonnie and lavely Bryn Heulwen! 
So Violet Blue don't welch on Apples. She does them in tiny nibbles.

"Also under the bonnet is the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT with up to 512MB of video memory."

To run which next-gen games? iTetris?

AFAIK mac users are way too "serious" to care about games ;)

MB Pro's are by far the finest laptop going. And they run XP better and with more stability than any of the numerous Dell's, ThinkPads, or Toshiba laptops that I've ever used, anyway.

This, quite logically then, proves that Nick is a big dork.

I had ordered a new mac book just before the upgrades where announced - the first I new about it was when Apple sent me this email:

Apple is pleased to announce exciting improvements to the MacBook family that affect your recent order.
The new, faster MacBook now features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a larger hard drive, and more.
Since your MacBook has not yet shipped, we are changing your original order to the new model at no extra cost to you. 
Although the Apple Remote no longer comes standard with the MacBook, we are including an Apple Remote with your order at no additional charge.

Fair play to Apple - this is the first Mac I have ever purchased. In all the years I have bought workstations, servers and laptops from D£ll this is a level of ethicality that I am just not used to!

Being Cornish (kinda) I take exception that you assume that Penryn is anything to do with Wales rather than being named after the Cornish town :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penryn%2C_Cornwall

AST adds: The Editor's decision is final. So there.

Your buffoons made my day. Thank you! :)

Bah...like spelling has ever been a concern of the INQUIRER.

Eh, subject says it all really.

:P

Who can blame Violet Blue for not shagging Windows Users? She's far less likely to catch something nasty from an Apple.

Hey Nick, can you please spec me up an HP or Dell laptop running Windows (you can choose the screen size) with comparable hardware to the $1099 Macbook? 

Let me save you the trouble. You can't. 

And please, a little more subjectivity here? 

Thanks.

The Macbooks do not have a 8600M GT, they have integrated graphics (Intel X1300). The base model also only has 1Gb of RAM.

You're making them sound better than they are -- has Jobs seconded you onto his payroll?