I helped a friend buy a MacBook recently. The silver macbooks may look cool and have a unibody case, but the standard white macbook is still the best machine for the money.

Why? FIREWIRE

The new silver MacBooks have NO firewire port, yet the White MacBook does. All those hard drives, video cameras and other peripherals which have firewire ports on them will be unusable for you if you buy a silver MacBook!