This may be helpful.

The MacBook specs seem nice to me, but a lot of the problems scare me. I'm used to my Samsung-built Dell X200 that's light, silent, made of metal, cool-running, and has never given me a single problem. The MacBooks seem like the opposite.... plasticy, noisy, very hot, and has display issues (backlight uniformity and artifacts). The one-button mouse thing is also a huge hurdle to overcome.