MacBook White or Aluminium?

Hey, just looking for a bit of advice.
I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to technical computer knowledge and computer specifications, I'll be honest. Actually, I have no idea what the difference between a DDR2 and DDR3 RAM stick is or anything like that, so I was wondering if someone could give me some advice as to whether to go for a MacBook White or Aluminium?
I do alot of film editing for my college course using Final Cut, so that's mainly what I'd use it for, apart from essay writing and maybe a few games, if I can ever afford Final Cut myself. Is one better than the other for video playback and running Final Cut, etc?
The only problem I've found is that the Aluminium one doesn't have a firewire? Which is what I use on the college G5s to upload from the cameras. Can you get USB upload wires?
Anyway, sorry for my lack of knowledge, any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi streetlighthope,
I unfortunately don't know the more technical specifications of DDR3 vs. DDR2 other than the generalities:
1.) DDR3 RAM runs about 30% less power than a DDR2 RAM module
2.) DDR3 RAM is capable of transferring data at 2x the rate of DDR2 RAM module, which allows for faster FSB (Front Side Bus) speeds and higher peak data rates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM
With that being said, the aluminum MacBook features the DDR3 RAM (however both machines have the 1066MHz FSB) and the white MacBook has the DDR2 RAM.
I know of several coworkers that run Final Cut Studio on their new white MacBooks at 2GB of RAM and are very pleased with the performance, considering the price of the machine. I think, when decided between the two models there are a couple of factors to consider:
1.) How important is FireWire? There is no USB-to-FireWire adapter and some peripherals or devices only work with FireWire. If FW is critical, then you're looking at either the white MacBook or the MacBook Pro.
2.) How important is a backlight keyboard? Seems like a trivial aesthetic "feature" but for some people this is a very important feature of their computer, the white MacBook and 2.0GHz aluminum MacBook do not support this feature.
As with any RAM/CPU/GPU technology, newer is typically better, faster and would allow for more growth potential. However, DDR3 is relatively newer (as compared against DDR2) so perhaps all of it's growth potential and capabilities are not truly known. One additional thing to consider with the RAM choices, is that both machines are capable of supporting up to 4GB of RAM.

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