In my opinion, the money is worth the upgrade. I have a MBP and just bought it about a week ago after much thought between getting the baseline MBP (2.4) or getting the Blackbook. I thought that it is only a few hundred dollars more I am getting a bigger screen, backlit keyboard, thinner and more impressive design in my opinion, and a better graphics card. I know that I only bought the Pro that has the 256 MB in it, but I know that I will not be playing any games on mine or doing any video editing, so I thought that would be more suitable for me, when really, I could have gotten the Blackbook and been set for what I need to do with a computer. It all depends on what you are going to do, but I would say for a few hundred more, you get a lot more for your money.