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Whats your experience with Refurbished Macs?
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<blockquote data-quote="mathogre" data-source="post: 350803" data-attributes="member: 25890"><p>Mine's a refurb, and I've had it now for almost 2 months. I've been programming for over 30 years, 17 years in the Unix world, 13 years in the Windows world, 10 in Linux. I used a 1st Gen Macintosh in the 80s at work. My goal in buying the MacBook was to try the Mac with the aim to simplify my life and eliminate Windows and Linux.</p><p></p><p>I bought a new Mac mini last September, and discovered my peripherals were incompatible with it. I returned the little box without ever having booted it. I was still interested in a Mac, and I thought a MacBook would make a suitable stand-alone machine.</p><p></p><p>Was the refurb worth it? Yes. I saved some money on what I considered to be a gamble. I have absolutely no tolerance for things that don't work. I hate wasting time and money, but will lavish both when approriate. I didn't know if the Mac would work for me. The refurb softened the monetary risk.</p><p></p><p>Gawd I love my Mac. I bought it with a 60G drive and 512M RAM. As you can see in the description under my avatar, I've already upgraded to a 120G drive and 1G RAM, essential for what I need. I also converted a secondary 250G drive from my PC as an external backup drive for my Mac.</p><p></p><p>Problems are few with the refurb, but they're not non-existent. The physical problem was that the track pad was delaminated from one corner. It had actually scraped the screen, removing a little of the coating. Had it been brand new I'd have shipped it back to Apple. I still could have done that, but the track pad otherwise worked fine, and I wanted to see if this was just a superficial blemish or just one symptom of worse problems. A little superglue fixed the track pad; the screen blemish is as a mole on a supermodel. I've had no other problems with it.</p><p></p><p>One minor compromise is that this is a Core Duo machine, NOT Core 2 Duo, 32 bit versus 64 bit. In other words, this is a prior generation MacBook. Comparison with a current MacBook wrt price isn't exactly appropriate. Still, it's a fast little machine, and is quite capable of doing everything I need.</p><p></p><p>Would I buy another refurb? If that was the only way to get my next Mac, I'd do it. Otherwise I'd buy new. I have no regrets whatsoever in having a refurb. It's a great little machine, and I love it. Now I'd buy new because I know the Mac is probably for me.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mathogre, post: 350803, member: 25890"] Mine's a refurb, and I've had it now for almost 2 months. I've been programming for over 30 years, 17 years in the Unix world, 13 years in the Windows world, 10 in Linux. I used a 1st Gen Macintosh in the 80s at work. My goal in buying the MacBook was to try the Mac with the aim to simplify my life and eliminate Windows and Linux. I bought a new Mac mini last September, and discovered my peripherals were incompatible with it. I returned the little box without ever having booted it. I was still interested in a Mac, and I thought a MacBook would make a suitable stand-alone machine. Was the refurb worth it? Yes. I saved some money on what I considered to be a gamble. I have absolutely no tolerance for things that don't work. I hate wasting time and money, but will lavish both when approriate. I didn't know if the Mac would work for me. The refurb softened the monetary risk. Gawd I love my Mac. I bought it with a 60G drive and 512M RAM. As you can see in the description under my avatar, I've already upgraded to a 120G drive and 1G RAM, essential for what I need. I also converted a secondary 250G drive from my PC as an external backup drive for my Mac. Problems are few with the refurb, but they're not non-existent. The physical problem was that the track pad was delaminated from one corner. It had actually scraped the screen, removing a little of the coating. Had it been brand new I'd have shipped it back to Apple. I still could have done that, but the track pad otherwise worked fine, and I wanted to see if this was just a superficial blemish or just one symptom of worse problems. A little superglue fixed the track pad; the screen blemish is as a mole on a supermodel. I've had no other problems with it. One minor compromise is that this is a Core Duo machine, NOT Core 2 Duo, 32 bit versus 64 bit. In other words, this is a prior generation MacBook. Comparison with a current MacBook wrt price isn't exactly appropriate. Still, it's a fast little machine, and is quite capable of doing everything I need. Would I buy another refurb? If that was the only way to get my next Mac, I'd do it. Otherwise I'd buy new. I have no regrets whatsoever in having a refurb. It's a great little machine, and I love it. Now I'd buy new because I know the Mac is probably for me. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]
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