We get a discount from Apple through work (no, I don’t work for Apple) and that knocks a couple hundred dollars off the cost of a new 15″ MacBook Pro (2.33GHz/2GB RAM/120GB hard drive/Super Drive). I deal with a local Apple reseller that will honor that discount.

Apple has refurbished MacBook Pros for $500 off of list and free shipping. So I would save $300 if I went refurbished over new. Have others gone the refurbished route? Is it worth $300 bucks? I really like the reseller I deal with and would feel bad for him losing the sale, but I can think of a lot of things I can do with an extra 300 bucks.

What would you do?