From the aesthetics, the new notebooks, MB, MBP and Air are all very attractive. No doubt there. The real "non-starter" for me on both the MB and Air are the lack of FW support, lack of EC/34 for secondary FW support and the glossy screens on all of them. I know some folks do not find the glossy screens too bad, but I think dropping the option on the MBP was a terrible mistake, and putting a glossy screen on the new 24" monitor an even bigger mistake.
So, I while I am pretty Mac myself, I will have to sit out this round, and make my present MBP work longer and harder. If I have to replace, I would have to go MBP, as the FW connectivity is essential, in my mind. For the monitors, I do think that Apple took the low road on the new 24" LED version. I do think that others, like HP, NEC, EIZO and others will have better monitors. Yes, they will cost a lot more, but I do think the color fidelity and accuracy and stuff will be way better. Most of those lines also have the less expensive panels like Apple appears to be using in their new model, and they do not compare well to the higher end models. Some folks may not find that to be terribly important, so the new monitor may be nice, but I think this is going to drive me to look elsewhere for monitor.....without the glossy screen also!
LJ