True, though to max it out would mean adding another 4gigs of ram! kinda expensive at the mo and I'm skint - depsite being in the market for a new macbook! Would prolly add more ram later I think, though I guess the same is true of any mods to the HD too.. the one thing I cant do at a later date is to get an anti glare screen as far as I'm aware.. so irritating not issuing these as standard, the glass ones seem like they'll be piss poor for optimising graphics for the web, print and virtually usesless on trains, in airports etc..