Should I buy a Macbook or a Macbook Pro for college?

I am going to be entering college next year and am going to need a new laptop. I've used mac's at school and liked them...the Acer I have right now is so bad b/c it gets hot so easily and will just randomly shut off, even if all I'm doing is watching a video on youtube.

Anyway, I want to get a nice computer that will be an investment, i.e. I won't be replacing it for a while. The highest Macbook w/ 4 gigs of memory is about 80, while the cheapest Macbook pro w/ 4 gigs, the same processor, hard drive, superdrive, and accessory kit costs like 25, significantly more. From what I have read, I understand the differences are a better graphics card, 2 inch larger screen, double scrolling thing, glossy screen, lit keyboard, and maybe more durably made (?)... The graphics card and screen seem to be the main points.

Another issue would be whether to wait for an update but I don't want to chance that they won't be updated until school starts.

I will add a continuing update (char limit
Um, so I game a little right now, stuff like the original Halo and tf2, and I know there are programs and stuff you can use to get those things to play on macs, but then again, I wouldn't be buying a mac if I wanted to play a lot of games in college. I don't really do any serious video editing.

Originally I thought I was going to get a pro b/c basically I hate the computer I am writing on and have never felt like I've had a good enough computer simply to do schoolwork at times, which can understandably cause me to become agitated. The more I've been reading about it though, it seems like the Macbooks are basically the same thing except with an integrated graphics card, 2 inch smaller screen, and like 0 less. Oh, Apple's website seems to indicate the pro's have a slightly better battery.

Yeah...But I want to get 4 gigs of memory just so it won't be slow...efficiency is important.

Any suggestions or enlightening addtional info? If you need any more info tell me.

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