White vs. Black MacBook: Price?

I had a friend who is considering switching ask be why the Black MacBooks were more expensive than their white counterparts. I naturally assumed he just missed something in the specs that would justify its extra cost. However, after reading through the tech specs, all I could find is that the Black MacBook has 80Gb of hard disk space standard compared to the White MacBook's 60.
I figure that I am missing something obvious, but I would greatly appreciate someone pointing out to me why the Black MacBooks cost more.
Thanks, Matthew.

Personally I prefer having a white one. Not only is the Black one more exensive, but it looks just the same as every other Laptop on the market (you will struggle to find a laptop without any black on it apart from an apple one). I just think that the white one is more, well, Apple.
Also, I would rather take the risk of having the yellowing colour then the whole black surface flaking, like alot of people are saying.
However, at the end of the day it depends on which one you prefer. Apparently they also used some special material on the black one which is more expensive.
I just feel that a different colour and different materials is justified in an extra $150 (£128 here in england).

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you serious man? you're quote their 80s models as an
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Snip
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Welcome to Apple Discussions Rose.
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