Macbook or Macbook Pro - Please Advise

Hi Guys,
I would normally not ask such a trivial question, but I really am in a muddle over this one!
I currently have a Macbook, 1.83Ghz, 512MB RAM, 60GB HD etc and have been using it for iWeb and iPhoto and plan to use photoshop on it when I got the RAM up to 2GB, as I am buying a digital SLR this Christmas.
I currently use an iMac G5 for photoshop as it runs native, and also store all of my music on here.
I have just been offered a Macbook Pro at about £900 ($1500 maybe) and it has 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, 1.83GHz processor and lots more programs installed onto it than my macbook (Aperture, Logic Pro) and I am wondering whether I should make the switch. The Macbook pro is actually being sold to me from a friend who works for a certain computer company, so he just had a brand new trackpad fitted and the keyboard air cleaned just because he can (for free).
What do you guys think? Is the 15" still portable? Would it be a real improvement over the macbook for photo editing and other tasks? Is the matte screen better or just as good as my macbook's glossy one?
Please let me know opinions or views, no matter how large or small as I am in a real pickle!
Many thanks,
Martin

some serious quotations from Matrix would be appropriate. Most of all "I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it"... anyways, if it's not the 2nd generation MacBook Pro with the Core 2 Duo but the first one, and especially with the same processor clock speed, i'd say you're good with the one you already have and upgrading your ram... I mean, the only thing that MacBook Pro has better is the graphics card, which would help you a lot in your photoshop, but i've had MacBook for few days now, the 2Ghz one and can't complain about running anything... the other xtra feature is the illuminated keyboard, but i'd say it's not worth it.. even with the graph. card MacBook has the Photoshop should run just fine, on MBP it would be a lil faster, but thats it. MacBook is great with the 4hrs it can run on battery, on MBP i guess you can make it 2hrs if you try hard... these are the facts... (plus, the MBP has more USBs and some other ports that are more or less for regular user not important)... So to sumarize, If you prefer faster way of handling your pics in Photoshop, and also want to play games smoothly and you are willing to sacrifice the battery time for that, MBP is the choice.... On the other hand, if you prefer portability, MacBook is the one. As I said, MacBook with even 1,5 gb you wanted would be almost as fast as MBP really, so I'd say your choice already lies on your table...

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