Putting in the new Core 2 Duo...

Has anyone heard anything about when/if the MBP will have the new chips put in? I heard mid to late August.

Goony,
No need to apologize; having no direct experience of Apple computers, you are right to be concerned. Let me assure you that you need not be. I'll do what I can to help you get "The Feel."
Apple's hardware revisions tend to ocurr on a cycle, but that will be modified by the intro of new Intel machines. With the exception of the towers, the entire line has now made the transition, so we can expect the cycle to resume as normal pretty soon. Although we cannot speculate, we can generally expect something new to be announced at the WWDC (Aug. 7). Generally speaking, a particular platform (iMac, laptop, tower) usually gets an update at least once a year, and new versions of OS X are released on about the same rotation (once in each calendar year).
For you, the first consideration should be that any new laptop will be an Intel Core Duo machine. If you purchase a Macbook Pro, it will also have a very powerful PCI Express video card with dedicated video memory. This will position you as well as can be for any future OS or application updates/upgrades.
Of more concern to you should be when your purchase makes sense for you. Is there some compelling reason to wait? Is there some reason to purchase now?
If this machine is intended for use at school (college??), it might be wise to purchase enough ahead of time that you will have adequate time to adjust to the new OS. My suggestion would be to attempt to migrate completely to OS X, foregoing the installation of Windows entirely, if you can. Your productivity (and enjoyment) will benefit from remaining entirely in OS X, and you can avoid having to waste precious disk space on Windows. A "cold turkey" migration does take a bit of time for adjustment, and you want to be completely up to speed by the time school places demands on your time. This consideration makes more sense to me than does which processor you end up with.
If you have further, specific questions about how all this works, feel free to ask.
Scott

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