Comparison of Macbook to Mac mini

Hello! I'm considering getting an Apple and have a question:
My wife's laptop needs to be replaced and I'm considering a new MacBook 13" laptop for my wife. We would use iLife for our family photos and movies.
When she is at home, she'd like to connect to a bigger screen, our Samsung 19" 913V.
I really have 2 questions:
1. What are the key differences between Macbook and Mac mini?
2. If we go with the Macbook 13" can we close the lid, can we connect it to the monitor and an external keyboard, external firewire drive just as we would with the Mac mini?
Thanks in advance!
Alan

The new Macbooks (Core 2 Duo 2.0/2.2 Santa Rosa) released in October 2007 now have an Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory, compared to the GMA 950 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM for the Mac Mini. I don't know about the graphic performance of those new Macbooks, but I have a Macbook from the previous generation with the same graphic interface of the Mac Mini and I can say I'm really satisfied. If you don't play high-end games (released in the last 2 years), you'll be OK. I play Warcraft 3 on my Macbook and it runs great, except the fans rev up to 5000 rpm, making the notebook noisier, but nothing shocking or disturbing. The Macbook is also great for anything like iDVD or iMovie, for average video editing.
If you want portability, play high-end games and do some heavy video editing, go with a Macbook Pro.
If not, just go with Macbook, this notebook kicks a**.

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i have quickbooks on my Mac laptop and have recently upgraded to the Mac mini. I want to transfer all the data from laptop to the Mac mini. How?
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