Would you recommend a refurbished MacBook Air?

Hi All,
I am interested in getting the refurbished MBA since carrying my MBP everywhere is becoming cumbersome and quite heavy. Plus, I prefer using the MBP for heavier workload than the MBA. I have a few questions since reading the forums have slightly discouraged me.
I have read about issues on the audio, would the iPhone or iPod headphones fit the audio jack?
How bad is the battery? would it last me a year for a good 2 hours of battery without a recharge daily?
What are the random shutdowns for? I am used to them I would say from the MBP.. how severe are they?
The primary purposes are to take notes in class, use safari, word, and listen to iTunes songs on headphones.
let me know if a refurbished MBA is worth..
thnx

after doing some searching today... it seems you have owned the new and older MBAs. i have a few questions you may be able to answer:
1. performance between the two drastic and will the rev 1 be good enough for general computing and some programming. note that i am coming from a rather old powerbook g4 that is 5 plus years old. i also have one of the newer imacs for more intensive work.
2. how bad are the thin lines on the rev2 display? do these exist at all on rev1?
3. how bad is the heat problem on rev1 or is this a luck of the draw sorta thing? can coolbook resolve the issue as some has suggested.
4. as far as new(1149) vs refurb (1599) the price diff is rather drastic and as an administrator with a local applestore, i think may both worth it in this case. also, the less than $1200 is what got me considering it in the first place.
thx for the input...

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