Decided on the 24" C2D for my use, mainly for the higher res and larger screen size. Got a refurb, due to be delivered in mid part of coming week - as mentioned by phineas, strange that takes so long to ship; I'm in NE Hoosierana, so tad closer than the NorEast US, but still... patience??? what is that!!!
This is my new machine:
Refurbished iMac 24-inch 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SuperDrive
1GB (2x512MB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Built-in iSight Camera and Apple Remote
$1699
Plus a 'free-after-rebate' Canon printer, "PIXMA iP4300". Also went for the AppleCare, MS Office, and .Mac.
Will up the RAM to 2GB at some time too... Christmas before Thanksgiving...