What should I get, a macbook or a macbook pro?

I am going to buy a laptop and I would like either a Macbook or a Macbook Pro - money is no issue for either. However, I don't know what I should buy, a Macbook or a Macbook pro (the 13" one, not 15 or 17").
Okay, now I know what you're thinking since the Macbook Pro is so much better than the plastic macbook.
But the thing is:
1. In the Apple Store, the Macbook Pro's keyboard seems so much...how do I put this..."looser" than the Macbook's. I don't know if this is regular of if this is just because it is a Macbook Pro in the Apple Store that people use every day all day.
2. I have heard that because the Macbook Pro is aluminum, it does not detect as many wifi networks as the Macbook does.
One more question: I know how to replace keys on the Macbook, but how does it work with the Macbook Pro? Is it exactly the same? Could I put Macbook keys on a Macbook Pro?
Message was edited by: Marinozai

Marinozai wrote:
Wifi in my house is fine -- the problem would be when I'm traveling or something.
BobTheFisherman, it does exist. But I don't know how bad it is. Is it worth getting a Macbook instead?
I think your decision should be based on other criteria such as already mentioned, memory, speed, hd, display, etc., not on wifi. Wifi is the same on either. I travel around the world on business and have never had any problems connecting via wifi with my Macbook Pro. For that matter, when I traveled with my PCs I also never had any problems. Mind you I did run across the occasional hotel that had poorly set up their wifi but that was the exception not the rule.
So to summarize, my PC laptops and my Macbook Pro all connect well via wifi regardless of where I am except when the wifi is poorly configured by the owner. I've never experienced problems where having a plastic computer would connect and an aluminum one would not.

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