Refurb MBP or New MBP with C2D?

Would it be better to have a Core Duo processor with the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory...
or the newest MBP with a Core 2 Duo and the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB SDRAM?
Is it better to have the Core 2 Duo or the better graphics card?
This specific computer would be used as a desktop replacement and would primarily be for a Graphic Design student using a lot of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and stuff like that. Very little video work if any.

Adobe CS2 products make no direct use of GPU power or VRAM, like say Aperture or Final Cut Studio would, so I would think the C2D would be a better option. However, this does not mean that CS3 will also be that way… even though I strongly doubt it will change given the requirements of the Windows version and a lack of Apple's CoreImage on Windows.

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