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As a uni student myself, the MacBook is great. I have one, and it's great to carry around campus, the wireless networking is flawless to let me into the network at university, and there is a nice resilient feel to the shell that feels like it could take anything you hurl at it!
Other points to consider are that if you buy a MacBook with AppleCare, anything that does go wrong, Apple will take care of. This almost guarantees you a useful life of three years.
I use my MacBook for a lot of stuff that it, on paper, isn't designed to do, such as heavy processes in Photoshop, full on video editing in Final Cut, and high intensity gaming on apps like World of Warcraft. It's great!
Oh, and did I mention that it's practically two years old? I've had some significant repairs taken care of on my AppleCare, including replacement batteries, logic boards, case elements, keyboards and other stuff. I guess it's not really the same computer I started out with! ;P
You really can't go wrong with a MacBook, and so I'd like to advise what I told my Dad, when he wanted a laptop for his photography course:
Buy a MacBook, and with the saved money, buy an Apple 20' Cinema Display for the times at home when you want all of that space.
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