Travel Technology - Need New Laptop, 17"

I need to buy a new laptop,and I found this deal on deals2buy.com

Seems pretty good, anyone else knows of a better deal out there?

HP Pavilion G70t,
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0GHz),
17" WXGA,
3GB RAM,
250GB,
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support,
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD,
802.11 b/g,
Webcam,
6 Cell Battery,

For $549.99

Would you be okay with a refurb? I saw this at SlickDeals. I think it's better specs, especially the WXGA+ screen.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=1354929