apple refurb?
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- rafalski0
Not exactly Llyod. A demo can show some signs of use. While with some companies you can tell a refurb was used and reconditioned, with Apple the only thing to indicate it is the gray box. The exterior looks completely new. With iPods it is always 100% new as an Apple refurb gets a new serial number which is engraved on iPod's case.
Someone once reported here his Apple refurb laptop looked used on the outside, but it was the only single time I ever heard of something like that.
- BaskerviIle0
Small update. Ordered the macbook yesterday, it had now been delivered to my studio. How's that for fast turnaround?
So far I'm impressed!
- akrokdesign0
i might get one. :-)
- rafalski0
Does it feel used at all? Any bad pixels? Pubes Does the keyboard smell funny and Safari have inappropriate pages in browsing history?
- rafalski0
Didn't you say the mini was for sale? What spec is it?..
- don't know off hand. I'm at work. It's an old one (like over 2 years old, not intel)
BaskerviIle - You might want to keep it as a media centre, ie wireless. home iTunes server..rafalski
- don't know off hand. I'm at work. It's an old one (like over 2 years old, not intel)
- edsplace0
yup my ipod and macbook are both refurb or refreshed as they call it in the UK... no problems here
- BaskerviIle0
Thanks for your endorsements. Just bought the macbook I wanted.
It was a very good price. Same spec in the new range is £1,150, got the refurb from the last range for £670. woot!
- Dancer0
Not alot on there at the mo:
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse…
- falcadia0
I bought Refurb G5 two years ago. No problems so far and I saved 1k. Comes with Apple warranty so you should be OK it something goes bad.
- Jnr_Madison0
Off topic, could I run CS4 etc through parallels or should I really use boot camp for that?
- win xpJnr_Madison
- I have more questions, maybe I should start a thread.Jnr_Madison
- I'm done now, so feel free to hijack this threadBaskerviIle
- No fucker is answering me anyway.Jnr_Madison
- use bootcamp and hook the partition up to parallels/vmware
btw, vmware doesn't block a single core, can share with osxrafalski - fucker! :)rafalski
- Cool, so I can point it to the winxp partion for par/vmware and then use bootcap for full speed? How fast is parrales/vw compared to bc?Jnr_Madison
- So vmware us better than parallels?Jnr_Madison
- Dancer0
For similar Money I would get a new 13" MB.
Recent Tests have shown they are alot quicker than the last MBP
In relation to Apple Store... I would but get Applecare. Also try and get it through a student as Applecare is around £60
- BaskerviIle0
I've heard some bad stuff about the new MBs, like the click pad not registering clicks properly. Also they don't have a firewire port which I need for my external HDs
- also the money isn't that similar. £570 vs £900 for same specBaskerviIle
- To be fair I never checked the prices... that is goodDancer
- http://arstechnica.c…BaskerviIle
- kona0
i've talked about it before but maybe 6 or 7 months ago i bought a refurb 24" imac from the apple site. when it showed up the only way i would have known it was NOT brand new was the box it came in. it was mint. knock on wood but i haven't had one single problem with it since i bought it. i maxed out the ram thanks to crucial.com and ordered cs3 for 1/2 off online. it's been a super machine and is lighthing fast.
the company i work for now buys all refurb mbp's and they all run like crap, but all of us who use them are 100% positive it's because the pc i.t. based department set it up. case in point: when i got my machine i only had 10gb left on my hard drive. each time a new person got the machine the installed the same software each time for the new user. i had three versions of windows xp, parallels and cs3 on this thing. it was an abomination. but a few months ago we had an apple tech in who completely reworked our machines. the first day he started going through them he comes over and goes "no fucking way... you guys did this to mess with me right..."
i'm babbling. sorry. short story long refurbs are better tested and come with the same warranty. do it.
- graphikboi0
I got a refurb, first night I got it I expierienced a kernal panic, but think that was due to my iPod. Not had any problems since, and I've had it for 2 and a half years - so i'm pro-refurb!
- citizen_h0
bought a 15" laptop a few years ago and its absolutely fine. Always get apple care or some sort of insurance
- Mishga0
Justin Long at a table with piles of cash on it.
MAC: "I'm sorting out my finances. Mock Vista, mock Vista, mock Vista... fix launch problems. Mock Vista, mock Vista, mock Vista"
PC: "It seems everything you've launched this year has had problems."
MAC: "You're right - I'd better put it all into mocking Vista"
*from Engaget
- Knuckleberry0
my entire office is refurb:
(1) 24" imac
(6) Intel Mac Pro's
(4) 30" monitors
(2) 23" monitorsAll work great.
- nice office. :-)akrokdesign
- Whats your address?TheeOtherJuan