So I think I'm gonna do it...

This is what I think I'm going to get:

MacBook Pro, 15-inch, 2.4GHz

Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
Accessory Kit
4GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
MacBook Pro 15-inch Glossy Widescreen Display
iWork '06 preinstalled
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

My questions as follows:

1. Black or White?
2. Apple store or online?
3. What software should I have on board?
4. 15" size screen OK? Or do I supersize?
5. How do I do the whole Parallel thing?
6. Do I wait until October for Leopard, or is it a simple upgrade?
7. Anything else I left out?