Ahh the low res one.
I have a high res and low res 1.67, 17 inch and to be honest there's not really a lot of difference between them that I can tell. The most obvious difference is the the higher resolution screen, which I admit is useful but only if you use the laptop as a laptop! I use both mine with a 20" Cinema display and external keyboard and both models display the same on the Cinema Display - the only difference is on the laptop screen itself. The RAMs faster in the high res but I don't notice much difference to be honest and the only other difference is that the high res comes with a 120Gb drive as opposed to a 100Gb in the low res - no big deal.
So if you're primarily going to use it on a monitor, I wouldn't bother with the extra expense of a higher res board.
I'm going to sell a couple of my 1.67 Powerbooks soon to finance a Mac mini.
I have a high res and low res 1.67, 17 inch and to be honest there's not really a lot of difference between them that I can tell. The most obvious difference is the the higher resolution screen, which I admit is useful but only if you use the laptop as a laptop! I use both mine with a 20" Cinema display and external keyboard and both models display the same on the Cinema Display - the only difference is on the laptop screen itself. The RAMs faster in the high res but I don't notice much difference to be honest and the only other difference is that the high res comes with a 120Gb drive as opposed to a 100Gb in the low res - no big deal.
So if you're primarily going to use it on a monitor, I wouldn't bother with the extra expense of a higher res board.
I'm going to sell a couple of my 1.67 Powerbooks soon to finance a Mac mini.