Help me choose a Macbook

Can someone offer me some advice? I'm weighing up either a refurb Macbook at £699 or the newest model at £807 (usually £949 but I'm going abroad soon and can get it a Dixons Tax Free at the airport. Only difference seems to be that the new one has at 2.4 processor (and is new obviously!) and the refurb is 2.1. Also says that the orginal pric of the refurb was £1039?? Is the faster processor worth paying the extra for?
Many thanks

I upgraded from a 2001 edition iMac to the 2,4GHz and have been impressed to date.
Paid £829 for the 2GB memory version. The power has blown me away, all depends on what you need the Macbook to do.
Personally I am not concerned by the screen size at all.
Internet connection has bee very good, works very well with Netgear Dg834pn
Pleased in the short run to get Appleworks to run.
So yes the faster processor is worth the extra, computers go out of date so quickly so when a purchase is made it shouldn't be too far of the high spec at that moment.
If you buy say a lower GHz machine when next upgrade comes out soon, you would be 2 levels behind.
Hope that helps you

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