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Refurbished iMac 24-inch 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Picked up one of these a while back, great deal, got lucky and found a 700GB HDD in there too, love those Refurbs, All my Macs are Refurbs :)
 
coogee said:
Picked up one of these a while back, great deal, got lucky and found a 700GB HDD in there too, love those Refurbs, All my Macs are Refurbs :)
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This is something else I hear all the time, the system coming with upgraded components. Never happened to me in the 5 refurbs Ive gotten. :(
 
Loving my 2.8!

I got a 2.8, but picked up a new one at an apple store for $1399 USD. A little more than refurb, but it's $400 less than it was 2 weeks ago :)

I was playing cod4 on a bootcamped first gen MacBook pro at 800x600 with the fans cranked all the way to keep it from overheating.

I got the native mac version of cod4
And it plays sulky smooth at 1280x800 on medium settings and looks great!

So far - this is a better deal for me. I ran a
Test in the store with iMovie playing that African safari demo.

On a new unibody pro with the 9600 card on, One entire core was pegged at 90%.

Same scenario on the iMac and it was at 40%.

I realize that a lot of that was probably the 2.8, just wanted to share :)

Btw - I use smc fan control when playing cod 4. Setting fans up to about 40% keeps system running a cool 50 deg. Celsius !
 
The 3DMark 06 tests I did with my two Macs may be of interest here.

iMac (2007)
2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
ATi Radeon 2600 HD XT 256MB
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3887 3DMarks
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MacBook Aluminium
2.0GHz Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 9400M
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2183 3DMarks
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From that comparison I'd say that the 9400M is significantly slower. The difference in clock speeds isn't really that important because the new MacBook has a faster bus than the old iMac.
 
VoodooDaddy said:
This is something else I hear all the time, the system coming with upgraded components. Never happened to me in the 5 refurbs Ive gotten. :(
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You're definitely due a sweet surprise in the next one then! Maybe the timing of Refurb purchase? - I tend not to get mine when an upgraded version is launched (clearing old stock?) but mid-cycle (returned by User for whatever reason, repaired and resold by Apple?) so maybe the odds were better for getting someone else's BTO machine.

I didn't go in expecting anything extra, was more than happy with the deal as was, just a little lottery to make Refurbs that teeny bit more special.

Good luck next time! and hopefully you still got 5 sweet deals anyway.
 
First refurb I got extra RAM.

Current refurb came today. I don't know if it has anything extra. Smells new. Looks new.
 
nothing like being the last person on FedEx's route :rolleyes:

But its here!:D

In a nice white plain box :cool:

Oh well I gotta hit the shower and get laundry going first cause I know I will prob spend rest of night with it :D
 
Update from another happy Apple customer (1st refurb iMac)

Opps, I posted this in another thread by mistake but here it is.

I got my iMac 24" (2.8) refurb today. I am in Canada and it shipped from Rancho Cordova, CA. I just turned it on a few moments ago and it looks amazing. No dead pixels and right now it is transferring my info from my old iMac G4 1.25.

Unpacking it was a real Apple experience. It came in a white box, no pretty pictures, but everything was brand new, at least it looked like that. The stand had the protective plastic cover. The iMac was wrapped in that white puffy protective bag, even with the apple sticker on the side asking to read the software agreement before opening it. The screen had another plastic cover protecting it. It even had the separate plastic cover for the Apple logo in the back. Keyboard and mouse were brand new and it came with the iLife 09 CPU Drop-In DVD (nice touch and makes sense for Apple to include it now rather that dealing with requests after). It makes me wonder if it was refurb at all, as some have suggested.

I will check everything else once I am finished with transfer, etc. but so far everything is great.

Thanks to all forum members for the valuable information posted in MacRumors Forums about these refurshed machines. I was a little hesitant since this is my first refurb.
 
Just received my 24' 2.8 Refurb love the big screen took me about 10 minutes to get use to it. Unfortunately my Slot Loading CD will not load CD so I called Apple and they are going to replace the unit.
 
Packaging question

Was yours with all the packaging, protective stuff, like the new ones? (See my post above)

Thanks

ShaqFu said:
Just received my 24' 2.8 Refurb love the big screen took me about 10 minutes to get use to it. Unfortunately my Slot Loading CD will not load CD so I called Apple and they are going to replace the unit.
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the_fellowship said:
Yeah I do think I'm lucky when it comes to refurbs!

So far the iMac seems to be running ok, I've just completed the Software Update so it's all up to date. I am checking all the hardware (ethernet, wifi, iSight, Bluetooth etc) to make sure it's all ok.

Does anyone know if there is a hardware test you can run to ensure everything is ok? I don't really want to have to test each component manually lol

Besides the "dodgy" packaging and the ram door, it seems ok *touch wood* lol :)

Cheers
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It goes from bad to worse... :(

Returning the refurb iMac for a refund due to the dreaded "R" word at work :(

Can't justify keeping it now...even tho I really want to :(

Credit Crunch has bitten!!!
 
What is up with the short mouse cord? I am trying to sit back farther from this huge screen but its kind of hard seeing that the mouse cord is so short.
Why give you a keyboard with a long cord but not a mouse?
Do they make a mouse with a longer cord? I really dont want a wireless one.

Other than that and the wifi connection issues, I am enjoying it :)

oh yeah also want to mention this....

1080 quicktime movie trailers on this 24" screen.......WOW!!! :D
I also threw my Speed Racer movie DVD into it and it even looked better on it.
 
Zmmin3 said:
What is up with the short mouse cord? I am trying to sit back farther from this huge screen but its kind of hard seeing that the mouse cord is so short.
Why give you a keyboard with a long cord but not a mouse?
Do they make a mouse with a longer cord? I really dont want a wireless one.
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Plug the mouse into one of the USB ports on the side of the keyboard (look under the keyboard),
 
gmanrique said:
Opps, I posted this in another thread by mistake but here it is.

I got my iMac 24" (2.8) refurb today. I am in Canada and it shipped from Rancho Cordova, CA. I just turned it on a few moments ago and it looks amazing. No dead pixels and right now it is transferring my info from my old iMac G4 1.25.

Unpacking it was a real Apple experience. It came in a white box, no pretty pictures, but everything was brand new, at least it looked like that. The stand had the protective plastic cover. The iMac was wrapped in that white puffy protective bag, even with the apple sticker on the side asking to read the software agreement before opening it. The screen had another plastic cover protecting it. It even had the separate plastic cover for the Apple logo in the back. Keyboard and mouse were brand new and it came with the iLife 09 CPU Drop-In DVD (nice touch and makes sense for Apple to include it now rather that dealing with requests after). It makes me wonder if it was refurb at all, as some have suggested.

I will check everything else once I am finished with transfer, etc. but so far everything is great.

Thanks to all forum members for the valuable information posted in MacRumors Forums about these refurshed machines. I was a little hesitant since this is my first refurb.
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Exactly how mine came.

Screen is too bright, even at minimum brightness, Screen Shade helps. As to reflections, even at full brightness you can still see them. I'm used to it because my laptop had the same problem.
 
3.06 Refurb or the New 2.93 iMac

I can't believe I'm having such a hard time making a decision on which iMac!!

They dropped the price on the 3.06 refurb to $1599 and the base 2.93 model would be $1691 with my EPP discount - which one do you think is the better deal?

No games I just want a great photo processing machine.:confused:
 
Nasus said:
I can't believe I'm having such a hard time making a decision on which iMac!!

They dropped the price on the 3.06 refurb to $1599 and the base 2.93 model would be $1691 with my EPP discount - which one do you think is the better deal?

No games I just want a great photo processing machine.:confused:
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I'm having the same dilemma, I posted a recent thread asking exact question. I was waiting for the 3.06 to come down after the updates, thinking it was a better machine than the 2.93. Yes the price came down but with tax cost for me is $1711, and I can get new 2.93 at Powermax for $1788. I wanted to go for the 3.06 but I was hoping to save a lot more. The thing with the 3.06 is you still need to buy extra ram, so that increases price. Is old machine worth more than new? And a refurb? I know people have good luck with refurbs but theres nothing like a brand new machine. Oddly they are not offering the 3.06 in clearance. My feeling is maybe wait another week and see if the 3.06 goes down anymore, or go ahead and get the new. I think they are fairly close in comparison. If the 3.06 was $1399 + tax, I would jump on it, but for such a small difference, I am thinking new is better.
 
patricem said:
I'm having the same dilemma, I posted a recent thread asking exact question. I was waiting for the 3.06 to come down after the updates, thinking it was a better machine than the 2.93. Yes the price came down but with tax cost for me is $1711, and I can get new 2.93 at Powermax for $1788. I wanted to go for the 3.06 but I was hoping to save a lot more.
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Well, on the positive side, time is on your side. If the 3.06 never comes down to what you want it for, you still have a great option in the 2.93 AND the decision has now been made for you! That is, as long as you don't mind waiting maybe a couple of more weeks....
 
patricem said:
I know people have good luck with refurbs but theres nothing like a brand new machine.
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Having done both. I'd say they're exactly the same after one day. There's a difference in the experience, with the refurb you don't know what you're going to get so there's that little bit of anxiety for some people, but then again if you don't like it you can always return it. With refurb you also get that deal rush, which is more fun than the new rush, way more. I haven't had problems with any refurbs, but have had a couple of problems with new items.

Macbook: 1 month later discovered a defect in the upper casing around the lcd, didn't have it fixed because it was cosmetic. 5 months later, the bottom casing started to splinter tried to live with it until 11 months later before warranty expired had it fixed. This isn't supposed to happen to new stuff. Haha. I think it sucks more because you expect that by paying the new tax you'd get something without defects.
 
My refurb seems to be having a strange problem with making the lights blink in the house when its in sleep mode or off :confused:
 
patricem said:
My feeling is maybe wait another week and see if the 3.06 goes down anymore, or go ahead and get the new. I think they are fairly close in comparison. If the 3.06 was $1399 + tax, I would jump on it, but for such a small difference, I am thinking new is better.
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I think this is probably what I'll do - I too priced it out and at the end the difference wasn't enough to justify not buying new.
 
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