Is the black case more expensive? Now you have me confused . That was the entire purpose of this thread true, to gain more education on the MacBook. I have never had a Mac before, so I wanted advice from the experts. The primary reason I have now chosen black, is that I decided the black frame would make the colors on the screen "pop" more. Kind of like when I buy a TV. I won't buy a TV with a silver frame, I will only buy one with a black frame because it gives much better contrast.

I guess it's rare that someone actually listens and takes advice from the resident subject matter experts? Money wasn't the issue, getting the correctly configured computer was. Hell, I probably would have gone out and bought it this week had the first person not told me about Leopard .