Since I got such great advice from you guys before, I am posting another couple of questions for you!

1) Now that I've finally decided on the 15", I need to decide whether to go with the 1.5 ghz w/superdrive, or the 1.33 w/combo drive.

On the Apple website, refurbished 1.33 powerbooks go for 1700, and 1.5 powerbooks go 2100.

1.33 has:

256 MB Ram
60 GB hard drive
Combo drive w/DVD-ROM/CD-RW


1.5 has:

512 MB Ram
80 GB hard drive
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
and backlit keyboard (best feature of all?)

Are these features worth the extra $400 (+taxes)?


2) Has anyone ever had a bad experience getting refurbished products from Apple? Or should I just get a new one with all of the free deals listed on MacPrices.com (and forgo having to pay sales tax), so I don't have to worry about the screen burning out on a refurbished model, or something else going wrong?