Do Refurb's Mac Minis come with an OS?

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They do a clean install on refurb Macs, so you'll get most of what you get with a retail version. So yes, the OS and software like iLife will come on your Mac Mini
 
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I really doubt it would come without one. All the refurbs in the US come with the latest version of OS X.
 
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Refurbs come with everything the new Mac comes with except the original box. They come with the same warranty. Only difference is the box. It comes in a plain cardboard box instead of the shiny display box.
I've bought 3 refurbished Macs in the past year. I've sold two but never had a problem with any of them. I recommend refurbished Macs. They're everything a new one is, minus a few $. That's why I recommended the refurbished Mac Pro earlier.
 
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Cool, thanks everyone. Ordering now.

Just another point, do you get a disk with the OS on or is it a case of if you reinstall you lose it? (Do you ever need to reinstall with a mac to speed things up, every 6 months or so?)


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Thanks to everyone for helping me with info to allow me to make an informed choice. Really appreciate it. (Thumbs up)
 
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It comes with a recovery disc that has the OS and all of the original software that came with it. So if you ever need to reinstall everything, the restore discs will return your system to factory settings.

Unlike Windows, you don't need to do a format and install every 6-12 months with OS X.
 
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Cool, thanks everyone. Ordering now.

Just another point, do you get a disk with the OS on or is it a case of if you reinstall you lose it? (Do you ever need to reinstall with a mac to speed things up, every 6 months or so?)

It comes with everything the new Mac Mini comes with. It comes with the same restore disc and iLife disc. I got my Mac Pro a few days after iLife '08 came out. They actually gave me the retail version of the disc that's white (not gray), just without the retail packaging.
 

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