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dallasuo

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Jul 21, 2005
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Well my little sister has decided to make the switch. She has about 600-700 dollars to spend. She wants to get a used 12" ibook. What kind of specs would she likely be able to get for this much money?
 

Josh396

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Oct 16, 2004
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dallasuo said:
Well my little sister has decided to make the switch. She has about 600-700 dollars to spend. She wants to get a used 12" ibook. What kind of specs would she likely be able to get for this much money?
Last year I was able to get a 12" ibook 1.07 Ghz, 256 RAM, 30 GB HD for $550. At the time it was a pretty good deal but I don't know what they are going for now. I'm sure if you could find something that it should be fine as long as you add some RAM.
 

plinden

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Apr 8, 2004
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On the current Apple refurb page -
iBook G4 800MHz/ 256MB/ 30GB/ Combo/ E/ 56K/ 12-inch TFT, $649
iBook G4 1.2GHz/ 256MB/ 30GB/ CD/ E/ 56K/ 12-inch TFT, $699

Both with Tiger and iLife 05 included.
 

mduser63

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Nov 9, 2004
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I'd just keep checking the Apple refurb page. The deals that plinden posted are pretty good. However, the 1.2 GHz iBook he posted has a plain CD-ROM drive which is pretty limiting. Keep checking and I bet a 1.2 GHz machine with a combo drive will come up for sale. It'll probably only be $749 or so, which is a really good deal IMO.

Refurbished units are a good deal because they come with the full Apple warranty, Tiger and iLife '05, and you're almost guaranteed that they are in excellent working order. There are a lot of people here on Macrumors that have refurb units, and I haven't come across anyone reporting a bad experience with them.
 
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