Refurb vs new MB?

[dball4]

I'm looking to buy my first Mac and I'm a college student. My current laptop which was provided to me by my university is falling apart. It's a Dell latitude from about 2 years ago. I do tech support for my university so I plan on putting windows 7 and Ubuntu on it as well. So my question is should I buy the refurb at$759 or a new MB? I was looking at the pro's and at this moment I decided against it. The only 2 modern games I play are Hearts of Iron 3 and the sims 3. I'm assuming both would play ok. What is your advice on what I should do? I can buy the refurb now or I can wait until my first paycheck to come in later in June to buy a new or wait until August and buy a MBP. So basically I am asking for your advice.

 

[miles01110]

Since you're affiliated with a university you can take advantage of the Back to School promotion. It gives you the education discount on the MB and a rebate good for up to $200 on an iPod touch. Seems like that would make financial sense. Refurbs aren't eligible for the BTS promotion.

 

[dball4]

I don't need the iPod touch since I already have one and an ipad. After taxes the education discount isn't worth it as much sure it saves me $50 but after taxes it will still be over $1000. The real question is if the upgraded specs are worth it? The battery life is not important since it will be plugged in when I'm not in class.

 

[UltraNEO*]

I don't need the iPod touch since I already have one and an ipad..

OK.. but there's no reason why you can't flog it on fleaBay, or in the market section of this site. No harm making some revenue from a gift.

 

[dball4]

I could do that but then I have to wait for a rebate and that is more than I really wanted to spend.