Well my new laptop, a Mac Book Pro 17" has arrived.

It's disturbing to compare it to the Powerbook 17" that I've been using for the last three years or more - it feels lighter and somehow smaller, even though there are very few external physical differences.

It does, however, feel fast. Parallels on here is even snappier than on the iMac (which admittedly has a slower CPU, but faster disk). I also opted for a glossy screen to make images clearer and the descriptions I've seen bear it out - for video, photo and high-image web browsing it is amazing, and yet somehow not reflective enough to bug you during use.