Yeah unfortunately the closest apple store around here is a 45 minute bus ride(since I don't have a car) to the northwest side of town(I live on the south side of milwaukee). I'can't remember what speed the drive I put in was, but it is a lot faster than the stock 120GB drive that came with it.

Thanks for the tip about paired ram, since I was going to replace one of the 512Mb sticks with a 2GB stick, looks like I'll have to find a second stick lol.

On an off-topic note:

Since I got the MacBook, I've had my Power Macintosh G3 B&W running SETI@Home non stop for about a week now, and its completed 3 tasks now.