Logic: Look, the mid-range white one is $200 cheaper. Sure, the hard drive’s a little smaller, but—$200! That’ll more than pay for your 1GB RAM upgrade right there.
Emotion: Ooooh. Look at that gorgeous matte-black finish!
Logic: Ignore him. $200 will buy, what, at least a couple tanks of gas. OK, more than that, but man, is it expensive or what?
Emotion: Did you notice that matte-black finish?
Logic: See, Mr. Repetitive’s only got one thing to say. Fine, if you don’t want to save the $200, take it and buy that $199 PlayStation 2 bundle you saw at Costco last weekend. The white one will work out just fine for you.
Emotion: Oh, look, every side is that same nice matte black finish!
I’m mostly hoping that a future revision will wipe out the black’s price difference. If it doesn’t, I think that same conversation will be playing in my head. My logic might be a little more surly though, calling me a moron for paying any attention to him.
Anyway, shame Rob. Shame.
I had that same conversation with myself. Logic won and I ordered the white; I decided that the black Macbook looked too much like the low-end lenovo C100 anyway, took the money, bought 2 gigs of RAM, *and* had enough left over for a nice sushi lunch in Natick. Nice.