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 Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: Apple Offers Refurbished Core Duo Mac minis |
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Apple Offers Refurbished Core Duo Mac minis
Monday, May 1, 2006
Apple has begun offering refurbished Core Duo Mac minis in their online store. The standard 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo Mac mini with 512MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM), 80GB Serial ATA hard drive, Double-layer SuperDrive, Built-in AirPort Extreme, Built-in Bluetooth 2.0, and Apple Remote is selling for $699. This price represents a 13% savings off the original price of $799. Apple also offers a 1.66GHz model with 1GB of memory and 100GB hard drive for $849. This represents a 11% savings off the original price of $949. All Apple certified refurbished products are covered by a one-year limited warranty.
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/471.html
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Bandit Bill
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| Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Good deal for some.
I would have no hesitation purchasing refurbished products. Most of them have only had minor issues (which have been repaired), or no issue at all (eg. someone takes one back to Best Buy or Costco).
You probably have a better chance of getting a properly working refurb than an original because it has went through user testing and and additional series of testing once it went back to Apple. |
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Shows up in the U.S. store, but not (yet?) in Canada.
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Scarpad
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe if the Discount were 20% but for 13% I'd prefer to buy new. |
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diulei
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Not a bad deal, hm... |
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epicurean
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Ordered my refurbed Core Duo last night. Scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. Couldn't resist! |
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James T Kirk
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: | | Shows up in the U.S. store, but not (yet?) in Canada. |
Nor in Europe... 
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Tenex
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| James T Kirk wrote: | | Fox wrote: | | Shows up in the U.S. store, but not (yet?) in Canada. |
Nor in Europe... |
The odd one appears occasionally in the UK refurb store you really have to check daily as they move fast. |
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Allen
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| Any chance of seeing some $499 Core Solo refurbs soon? It's a shame Apple dropped a $500 model from the Mac mini line. |
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PurpleMonkey
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: Re: Core Solo |
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can you get a further discount going refurbished + student discount? |
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 11:03 am Post subject: Re: Core Solo |
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| gaelan wrote: |
can you get a further discount going refurbished + student discount? |
I don't think so. The prices for refurbished Apple products in the education store are the same as the regular store. |
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epicurean
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| epicurean wrote: | | Ordered my refurbed Core Duo last night. Scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. Couldn't resist! |
Core Duo arrived yesterday. Here's the shocking part - it had 1gb of RAM instead of the 512 that it said would be in it!
Couldn't believe it. I've bought several refurb items from Apple in the past. First time I ever got more than I asked for. |
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| epicurean wrote: |
Core Duo arrived yesterday. Here's the shocking part - it had 1gb of RAM instead of the 512 that it said would be in it!
Couldn't believe it. I've bought several refurb items from Apple in the past. First time I ever got more than I asked for. |
It sounds like you hit the memory jackpot! I never win anything!
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epicurean
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| curt wrote: |
It sounds like you hit the memory jackpot! I never win anything! |
It get's better - I was obviously not paying attention - yesterday I noticed the the hard drive was also a 100gb not the 80 that I expected. Yikes! |
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