Can't decide: MBA refurbish 1.86GHz vs new 2.13GHz

I found a refurbished, rev B 1.8GHz with 128GB SSD. The price is $1449, compare to the new 2.13GHz that is $1699 (with student discount).
The only difference between the two are the CPU speed and that the rev B doesn't comes with the Ethernet adapter.
I am not a graphic designer, and the most CPU intensive things I do are probably watching .H264 HD MP4 videos, and maybe occasionally play games like Tiberium War.
Including tax and everything, the 2.13Ghz is $270 more expensive than the refurbished 1.86Ghz, my question is, does the extra 0.27GHz worth the extra money?
Thanks a lot!

Yes absolutely. Every speed bump you can get out of the MBA is helpful, especially if you want to play any games on it.
You will be much happier with the increased speed bump. If you can wait, of course, the next revision on the Apple line will probably be the MBA since all they did this time around was a speed bump. That seems to be their course of updating the Macbook line -- speed increases here and there, and then all new revisions a few months down the road...The MBA is the only macbook that hasn't seen a revision in the last year, so it's a guestimate, but I would expect something new shortly down the road.

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