2.4Ghz Macbook's hdd

I read that the 2.4GHz hdd has a sudden motion sensor and it does show at the profile under system preference.
What does this function actually do?? Does the white macbook have this function also??

Thanks Kappy...
I think the concrete conclusion would be to access the System Profiler/Hardware to check if its there.
Might be considering getting a white macbook for my wife as her laptop is giving problems. And she's trying to hog my macbook so much that I dun even hv much time alone with it!! =P
So far the difference I can find between alu macbook and white macbook, besides the hardware part, are the trackpad is different. There isnt 3 and 4 fingers function on the white macbook.
Anything else different? Software and OSX are the same right?

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