You my friend are woefully underinformed and blissful. ...and the word is spelled "nonsense."
If you think hitting a search button means anything, you really are in trouble. Logically speaking. So like, who dresses you in the morning?
Really? I work in the industry you talk so much about. I work with companies on a corporate level and I know exactly what is done and not done with refurbs. Apple is even more strict with their refurbs than most. I was telling you to do a search to educate yourself not for my benefit because people like yourself who like to state their opinion as fact when that is the furthest thing from the actual truth. Apple doesn't just wipe them down. Lol. There are reasons for that.
Every refurb is checked and rechecked. New ones get checked in batches for example one out of every 30. So most likely a refurb has a better chance of being problem free than a new machine.
Refurbs go through a more extensive testing process than a new machine, and have the problem parts replaced with new ones. They come with new keyboards mice, and outer shell. Yes outer shell as in new aluminum and glossy screen. The only part that isn't new is the non-problem parts inside the machine. THEY DON'T JUST WIPE THEM DOWN.
No corporation does that. It cost them allot to refurbish a product and they don't want them coming back a second time, let alone it doesn't bode well for their reputation.
This is why they are throughly tested before they are shipped out. A new 27 Imac is not as throughly tested. Some are not tested at all as they have batches that come off the line and they test one or two a batch. Thats it. If they tested them as throughly as a refurb we would not have a "yellowing screen issue' at all. None period.
No they are not throwing the screens away, they are going back to the supplier for repair or reconditioning and to be tested not into another imac.
If a imac is returned and the screen is faulty, a new screen goes into that computer, the same screen that goes into a new one. The model of screen is newer on my dads computer than my computer and we both have 27's. I checked his serial number and it was refurbished in week 7 of this year. His screen model number is the same as several I have at the office that were replaced last week, and they were week 7's as well. His screen is perfect.
A refurb is more likely to have less problems and you save money. It's a win win situation. A refurb will end up with a newer replaced part than a new one. There are allot of imacs 27's that have been manufactured in weeks 50 through the first of the year that I know I would not want, they most likely will have issues since it is before Apple even acknowledged a 'yellowing issue' at all. They will have 'older' screens than a recently refurbished 27 being sold at the Apple store. And you know most of those refurbs got returned because of the screen issues, most likely. Now that isn't to say that the new screens being put in a refurb are perfect and do not have issues, even though it is a new screen not all screens are perfect.
So a refurb is most cases will have newer replaced part, another reason to buy a refurb. A refurb being sold now has the newest screens available if it was handed for a screen issue, if you buy a new one it may not.
I really don't like saying things over and over again to people like yourself. Use the search button. That is what is there for.
Ok Spock see if you can compute this, Logically speaking I know how it is spelled. My spelling was on purpose. See dictionary:"non-sense" That flew right over your pointed ears head...whoosh...........
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonsense
And since you are such a smartass. Your mom dresses me in the morning.
