06-28-2007, 04:23 PM
What Chupa said. My sister has the 17" PowerBook and always complained about it. The weight, lack of case/enclosure selection, etc., and esp what Chupa said about using it on a plane.
With the systems nowadays being able to so easily handle an external monitor (I use a 23" ACD, they can handle up to the 30" ACD, as I recall) you'd do better to get the 15" and an external display.
I think one of the other diffs (between the new and the refurb) has something to do with the video board it sports (and the RAM as Chupa mentions) but I'm not sure what. No complaints here with my 15" MBP (2.33GHz w/3GB RAM).
With the systems nowadays being able to so easily handle an external monitor (I use a 23" ACD, they can handle up to the 30" ACD, as I recall) you'd do better to get the 15" and an external display.
I think one of the other diffs (between the new and the refurb) has something to do with the video board it sports (and the RAM as Chupa mentions) but I'm not sure what. No complaints here with my 15" MBP (2.33GHz w/3GB RAM).