DR Jose - I got a white MacBook that looks just like Richard's on the outside. It's a little fancier on the inside, mostly because it's almost 3 years newer. I looked at the new aluminum machines, but they're more expensive and I wanted to add some goodies, like more memory, iWork, MobileMe, and AppleCare. I could do that with the lower-priced base and only exceed my price-range by a couple hundred dollars. This morning I've installed iWork and configured my email. Next up - installing the printer and figuring out how much I want to transfer from my old computer to this new one.