[X4U] Current MacBook Pro lineup?

[Joe Sporleder]

My current laptop is a 15" MacBook Pro Core Duo that I bought  
refurbished a couple of years ago from Apple.com. I'm the tech manager  
for a small Kansas publishing co, and I've been slowly replacing our  
old PowerMacs with Intel Macs that support at least 4GB of RAM through  
a mixture of Intel Mac minis and iMacs, to prepare for deployment of  
Snow Leopard sometime early next year. I'm looking to upgrade my  
laptop to meet my new minimum requirements, as my current Book only  
goes to 2GB of RAM, and has a measly 100GB HD, which now that we are  
using Youtube and other video to supplement our website editorial  
offerings, 100GB is puny.

I've had a regular MacBook before, so don't mind the glossy screen,  
because when I need to process photos for production, I'm at the main  
office using extended desktop on a nice, bug external monitor with a  
matte finish. However, I'm not sure if I can go back to a 13" display,  
now that I've used a 15" one for a couple of years. There's been some  
refurbished last generation 15" MacBook Pros in the $1400-$1500 range  
at the Online Apple Store that support at least 4GB of RAM, and have  
250-320GB HDs, or would it be worthwhile to spend an extra 200-300 or  
so for the just released ones? Most of our digital cameras are lower  
end Olympus that use the xD picture card, so i don't have much that  
would utilize the SD card slot on the new ones.

Joe