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    Apple Certified Refurbished Products?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dcook101, Aug 16, 2006.

  1. dcook101

    dcook101 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, I just wanted to know what you guys think of the deals apple offers for their referbished products. Would you buy one? For example:


    Refurbished MacBook Pro, 15-inch Glossy Display, 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
    15.4-inch glossy widescreen display (1440x900 resolution)
    1GB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
    100GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
    Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
    ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
    Built-in iSight Camera
    Front Row and Apple Remote

    Original price: $2,499.00
    Your price: $2,149.00

    What do you think?
     
    dcook101, Aug 16, 2006
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  2. Starlight

    Starlight Notebook Evangelist

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    They should be good as new, really - Apple tests them, and you get a full warranty and all. Good deal if you ask me :)
     
    Starlight, Aug 16, 2006
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  3. jsis

    jsis Notebook Evangelist

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    I did consider a refurb Mac once.... but are they cosmetically new? There must be a catch here...
     
    jsis, Aug 16, 2006
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  4. xbandaidx

    xbandaidx Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, I can tell you it's not going to be cosmetically new, but seriously comeon it's a bit hard to do damage to the MBP unless your so incredibly reckless with it.

    Yeah I agree the Full warranty part is awesome, especially since you can even extend it with AppleCare APP.
     
    xbandaidx, Aug 16, 2006
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