TUAW noted yesterday that Apple has dropped its regular U.S. educational pricing for the MacBook by $50 to $899. Special pricing apparently available through the University of Maryland's custom Apple Store reportedly even temporarily dropped pricing as low as $728 yesterday, although the offer was quickly removed.
The new $899 price covers Apple's standard MacBook offering updated in October, offering a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, and a 250 GB hard drive.