Well, after dreaming about this day, deciding to do it, re-evaluating it more times than I care to admit it, I ordered a refurbished 15.4″ MacBook Pro from Apple today!
I have NEVER bought a computer that was actually the current model before!
I originally planned to have it shipped to the place where I will be staying in CA for the next week but they are promising that the computer will ship between 5/22-29. By that time, I will be back in KC so I had it shipped there instead.
I will have to wait to open it.