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I think you're missing the point.
MBP is $2800. Dell XPS with the same hardware is ~$1100. Even considering the price you pay to use OSX, there's still around a thousand dollars unaccounted for. Many Mac users justify the gap by pointing out how it comes with a terrific group of things like iPhoto and iMovie. My point is that for the difference in price, you could buy the Entire CS4 suite.
So please point out why you should get a Mac if you're "going into media."
As for the LED screen on the MBP, you can get it with any XPS/Studio. You admit that yourself. Comparing the MBP to cheap PCs seems a bit disingenuous, no?
If you can afford to pay more for the same thing with an apple stamped on it, by all means. For the average college student, there are a long list of things that the money would be better spent on.
Someone just admit they bought a Mac for no other reason other than it's hip to do so and the Mac v. PC debates will explode into a million pieces.
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