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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Refurbished iMac or the new one?
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<blockquote data-quote="robghosh" data-source="post: 646742" data-attributes="member: 16030"><p>Typically, at least from what I understand, someone orders a mac, custom or standard, and when they get it they either don't like it, there's something wrong (hard drive, montior, etc) and they send it back. Apple fixes them and they go through a very stringent approval process and they put it on the refurb site. They can't sell it as new, even though, for all intents and purposes, they are. Because some of them are custom, the Apple Lottery comes into play. The techs fixing them might not be looking for everything that was added to them and put them up as a standard base unit... hence the lottery. I have had nothing go wrong with any of the three units I've bought from the refurb site... a 24 inch imac, a macbook and a mini. They all have the exact same warranty as well, so you really can't lose. Go for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robghosh, post: 646742, member: 16030"] Typically, at least from what I understand, someone orders a mac, custom or standard, and when they get it they either don't like it, there's something wrong (hard drive, montior, etc) and they send it back. Apple fixes them and they go through a very stringent approval process and they put it on the refurb site. They can't sell it as new, even though, for all intents and purposes, they are. Because some of them are custom, the Apple Lottery comes into play. The techs fixing them might not be looking for everything that was added to them and put them up as a standard base unit... hence the lottery. I have had nothing go wrong with any of the three units I've bought from the refurb site... a 24 inch imac, a macbook and a mini. They all have the exact same warranty as well, so you really can't lose. Go for it. [/QUOTE]
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