Pros: Light, Lots of space, Fast CPU for Windows 7 or a "Downgrade" to windows xp Good battery life. You can turn off the touch pad while typing. Keyboard is GREAT, very comfortable, and has well placed controls. The camera works well. It also just looks really cool.

Cons: Not a powerhouse for gamers, but for all basic stuff it is great. I use it for work and school. One down side is that it comes with Vista, but you can upgrade to win7 for free via Microsoft's Upgrade plan if you buy before October. Or even better downgrade to win xp.

Overall Review: It is not a game machine, if that is what you want. I am very happy with the computer however. It runs fast. I feel the core 2 Duo is worth it. I would not buy the solo or Pentium version. I used two of the single cores in radio shack before I bought this one, from newegg (better price), and mine is much faster then the 2 radio shack single core versions. The Single core versions felt sluggish, even just moving around windows. The multithreading will help a lot, in new programs. The SSD might have been nice, but I didn't want to deal with slow write times, I think waiting for the price of SSDs is the smarter thing to do, unless you have a real strong need for stability. Basically if you want a timeline, the 13.3in core2 duo is the right choice.