I would go for the HR 15" if you can afford it.
My 15" 1.5ghz G4 was $30 shipped (mint but sold as is). A new battery was $14 shipped and I added a 1GB SODIMM I had laying around so probably another $8. Still need to replace the DVD drive or take it out and look at it. New power bricks are under $10. Quite a few 15's on ebay are beat to hell, you just cannot drop the 15" and 17" models or they go to hell.
1280x854 is the normal 15"
1440x960 is the HR, nice but nothing earth shattering.
LEM says you are stuck with 2GB MAX on both models so DDR1/DDR2 is not that big of an issue.
My 15" 1.5ghz G4 was $30 shipped (mint but sold as is). A new battery was $14 shipped and I added a 1GB SODIMM I had laying around so probably another $8. Still need to replace the DVD drive or take it out and look at it. New power bricks are under $10. Quite a few 15's on ebay are beat to hell, you just cannot drop the 15" and 17" models or they go to hell.
1280x854 is the normal 15"
1440x960 is the HR, nice but nothing earth shattering.
LEM says you are stuck with 2GB MAX on both models so DDR1/DDR2 is not that big of an issue.