Using iPhoto '11 in full screen mode, though touted by Steve Jobs as its main attraction, is for me a proven source of distraction, and to some extent frustration, when doing casual photo editing. And when I say casual, I mean just some cropping and sepia color tone application routines.
The netbook is of course hindered by its measly Atom N280 processor and I know I shouldn't expect too much. But perhaps I'm pushing this little wonderful machine way beyond its limitations.
I think my Mini works great as a Mac netbook but I don't expect it to do much heavy-lifting. I built a desktop to do it and the emphasis was on inexpensive. It has become invaluable to me as multiple drives can be attached to it.
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I do hope your quest for a real Mac comes to fruition. I would definitely go with the MBP. The Macs I own are a iBook G4 and a G4 tower.
-MH