Most of the reviews of the new MacBook Pro are saying pretty much the same thing, enough so that I've stopped paying attention. It took David Pogue's review to clue me in to the fact that the lack of a built-in modem, which I had previously dismissed as irrelevent to my own life, means I would not be able to send or receive faxes. I don't fax often enough to get a dedicated fax machine, or even an external modem or modem card for that matter, but when I do need a fax, I've been grateful that my laptop has been a reasonable substitute. I actually will miss the built-in modem on the new MacBooks, and might even buy an external modem just to compensate.