Thanks for the thoughts.
I was being pushed and pulled in each direction by a few people and for a few reasons.For me games are a very low priority and reliability is a high priority.
I have decided to on a 13 in Mac Book Pro (i7) so only time will tell whether I'll regret or like the decision.
It should be easy for traveling and at home I'll still use it with a screen, keyboard and mouse.
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After holding off in the hopes of updated Airs prior to June 30, I bit the bullet and got a base model 13 inch MBP i5 during the 10% off DSE sale last weekend.
Was very tempted by the i7, but decided to spend the difference on 8GB RAM and a 120GB 6Gbps SSD (total cost just under $400, not from Apple obviously). I sent the bulk of my music, photo, game, movie collections to a desktop and external drives and have pared this one down to the bone for best work performance, and 120GB is sufficient space for this as well as a enough room for some extra data (media for travel, photos etc, though that's mostly handled by the iPad). Might consider swapping out the Superdrive for an Optibay caddy and put another drive in later, but have no need for it at this stage.
The SSD is absolutely amazing, I would definitely recommend that you consider something like this if you're getting a new computer. The speed with which it boots up, wakes from sleep, and applications are launched is insane - much better than the Apple SSD on the Air, with the advantage of a better processor, a built in DVD drive, and upgradable RAM (though naturally with a marginal sacrifice to portability, which does hurt). I suggest that for almost any purpose for which you'd use your new computer, this is a highly worthwhile investment (with the qualification that for reliability, you should keep an external pocket drive handy for regular Time Machine backups).
