I can help you on the macbook thing, I am, however, considerably rusty on my virus battling.
I have an older (2 years now) macbook. It seems the new macbooks are more formidible on the inside (better video cards, etc) than they used to be. The macbook pro can be upgraded to twice the ram. Other than that....you're mostly paying for the spiffiness. That's about it. Try messing with them both in an Apple Store, see if they feel different enough to warrant the price difference.
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Date: 2010-02-04 10:54 pm (UTC)I have an older (2 years now) macbook. It seems the new macbooks are more formidible on the inside (better video cards, etc) than they used to be. The macbook pro can be upgraded to twice the ram. Other than that....you're mostly paying for the spiffiness. That's about it. Try messing with them both in an Apple Store, see if they feel different enough to warrant the price difference.