University - Macbook / Pro?

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I'm off to university in September and with the education discount I think I'll be making my first purchase towards the light side. The question is though should I go for a macbook or a macbook pro?

Macbook Base Model - £600
Macbook Middle Model - £705

For a start is the £105 worth it in between the two. With the Macbook I'd get 2gb of ram and an external 20" widescreen, such as the Dell 2007fpw. Or I could go for just the Macbook Pro, I'd be using it for photoshop, web editing, bit of movie editing, the usual mac stuff but also a possibility for gaming if I get bored...

Macbook Pro Base - £1100

What do you think is the best option? Any university goers now who went for either?
 
Regarding the difference between the first 2 spec macbooks:

2ghz - 2.16ghz
80gb - 120gb
combo drive - super drive

Is that worth it in your eyes? I'll have an external 80gb hard-drive, I think I might save up and go for the middle spec version, seems like decent enough upgrades. How does CS:S run on the macbook?
 
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