No Refurb. Macbooks..... [Archive]

Cybergypsy

Jan 15, 2007, 05:57 PM

No Refurb macbooks on Apple.........that seems strange,,,,they always have them...

iW00t

Jan 15, 2007, 06:01 PM

Yeah I noticed that too, maybe C2D ones coming soon...

Skrilla™

Jan 15, 2007, 06:30 PM

I just so happened to be looking for a refurb today :mad:

Are there MBP 15" on there often? If so, how much?

timswim78

Jan 15, 2007, 06:36 PM

No Refurb macbooks on Apple.........that seems strange,,,,they always have them...

It could be that they had a glut of them when they were fixing all of the initial problems. Now, it is possible that the inventory has dried up a little.

IN any case, check back on Tuesday morning (tomorrow). It is likely that you'll see some more refurbished stuff then.

Also, today was a holiday in the states.

Cati

Jan 15, 2007, 06:42 PM

You have to be up really early in the morning when they post new stuff. I will say that they put stuff up at the same time every weekday so keep an eye out. I got frustrated with waiting for a refurb C2D Macbook and just went to the store and got one (student discount). I was still seeing a lot of good deals on the C2D MBPs up until a few days ago when I stopped looking.

Cati

Cybergypsy

Jan 15, 2007, 06:52 PM

I am at home all day. and always check my sites early....the Always have macbook....the site seems lite on all stuff.....maybe I will check tomorrow:)

Cybergypsy

Jan 15, 2007, 06:54 PM

Skrilla™

Jan 15, 2007, 06:58 PM

has their ever been C2D MB on there? :confused:

phungy

Jan 15, 2007, 07:03 PM

has their ever been C2D MB on there? :confused:

A few members have but I personally have not. Someone did mention that the C2D MBs will be coming out this week so let's hope because I have the moo-lah ready :D

Cati

Jan 15, 2007, 07:04 PM

I haven't seen C2D MBs on there but people claim there have been. I was going on almost every night for weeks. I was always on within minutes of them posting new stuff...but then again I do have bad luck with these things. I also found that they don't (often?) post on weekends. They usually had a wide variety of C2D MBPs but most of those were usually gone before noontime EST.

Anyway, that's been my experience. I would guess that they'll have quite a few C2D MBs out soon...

Cati

Skrilla™

Jan 15, 2007, 07:17 PM

What's a good time to check? 07:30 CST early enough?

Cybergypsy

Jan 15, 2007, 08:07 PM

Apple once told me they put them online at 4AM, I have not yet seem a C2d out yet......the 24" imac was one week to the day on the refurb site......

tundotcom

Jan 15, 2007, 08:59 PM

A few members have but I personally have not. Someone did mention that the C2D MBs will be coming out this week so let's hope because I have the moo-lah ready :D
Same price as the CD Macbooks? I might wait then...

Skrilla™

Jan 15, 2007, 09:14 PM

Will they put Leopard on refurbs even if it was not installed on the machine originally (assuming it has been released)? :confused:

itgoesbuzz

Jan 15, 2007, 09:56 PM

I just so happened to be looking for a refurb today :mad:

Are there MBP 15" on there often? If so, how much?

I have been looking at the 15" refurb MBP (planning to buy one in about 1 month) and a 15" CD 2.0 GHz MBP was $1,349, dont remember if there was 512MB RAM or 1GB though. They had been on there almost everyday i looked until about 3 days ago.

Reel1

Jan 15, 2007, 10:35 PM

No refurbished MacBooks? Thats a good thing maybe a sign that the new ones get purchased quickly. Glad I got mine when I did :D

e12a

Jan 15, 2007, 11:24 PM

I just so happened to be looking for a refurb today :mad:

Are there MBP 15" on there often? If so, how much?

I saw one C2D 2.16 MBP there...but it was snatched up after a day or two.

i think it was for 1,999...i forget.

direwolf5

Jan 15, 2007, 11:31 PM

The C2D Macbook Pros are there. I saw some on Wednesday morning, and they were gone by 10am pst or so. More came up on Saturday morning, and I snagged one then!:D They again were no longer listed by about 10am.

I only saw the 15", but they had both models available.
$1599 and $1999.

Skrilla™

Jan 15, 2007, 11:40 PM

I'll just wait for the C2D MB, I only have $500 skrilla right now anyway :(

iW00t

Jan 15, 2007, 11:42 PM

I saw one C2D 2.16 MBP there...but it was snatched up after a day or two.

i think it was for 1,999...i forget.

2.16s were going for 1599
2.33s 1999

Hope this helps :)

TonicAngel

Jan 16, 2007, 08:06 AM

Apple put up a bunch of refurbs but all I see are core duo. They did put up a couple MBP intel core 2 duo today though. 15" and 17" ones.

butaro

Jan 16, 2007, 09:05 AM

i can see a lot of people with their credit card in hand waiting for the c2d mb's hehe

Bob Jovi

Jan 16, 2007, 09:11 AM

are the C2D's that much faster?

Skrilla™

Jan 16, 2007, 09:19 AM

are the C2D's that much faster?

I would like to know the same.

I don't need my CC in hand, I have it memorized ;)

danvdr

Jan 16, 2007, 09:19 AM

are the C2D's that much faster?

From what I've seen C2D's are 10-15% faster, and they will run 64 bit programs.
For "real world" uses, there isn't a lot of difference.

tundotcom

Jan 16, 2007, 09:56 AM

lol geez, the MB's are already down to the black one only. Seeing those C2D MBP's makes me optimistic about the possibility of C2D MB's in the future. Is it only Tuesday that they update the refurbished stock? And is it always at 4AM Eastern Time?

cyberddot

Jan 16, 2007, 10:16 AM

I've been watching the US refurb store daily over the past 5 weeks. So far, the appearance/disappearance of C2D MBP's happens weekly, if not bi-weekly (not just restocked on Tuesdays), as does the appearance/disappearance of CD MB's. So far, I haven't seen any evidence that there's any change looming in the way they're stocking the shelves, just more of the same. :(

Of course, they'll have to start stocking them at some point!

zephead

Jan 16, 2007, 10:19 AM

I've seen C2D MacBooks on there as early as last month. They must have been snatched up pretty quick though.

phungy

Jan 16, 2007, 11:11 AM

Well it is restocked right now but no MBs...I'm assuming they sold out FAST. I hope they didn't have any C2D MBs.. :(

Cybergypsy

Jan 16, 2007, 11:30 AM

One review said 8% faster, however it the 64 bit that you want........

Cybergypsy

Jan 16, 2007, 11:32 AM

Still no Macbook??????????

Skrilla™

Jan 16, 2007, 11:49 AM

Still no Macbook??????????

they had a few CD MB this morning but they sold out

TonicAngel

Jan 16, 2007, 11:49 AM

Wow. I looked at 6 AM PST and they had quite a few MBs... damn they sell out fast!

mkrishnan

Jan 16, 2007, 11:57 AM

Wow. I looked at 6 AM PST and they had quite a few MBs... damn they sell out fast!

Just out of curiosity... is there any legitimate way to tell whether they have "quite a few" of something in the refurb store versus just one or two? I'm not trying to call you out... but if you know that specifically, how do you know?

phungy

Jan 16, 2007, 12:01 PM

Just out of curiosity... is there any legitimate way to tell whether they have "quite a few" of something in the refurb store versus just one or two? I'm not trying to call you out... but if you know that specifically, how do you know?

I had always thought that one listing was for one product :confused: but correct me if I'm wrong.

I guess no C2D MBs eh? Oh well...I'll have to settle for a new one I guess..

TonicAngel

Jan 16, 2007, 12:06 PM

Just out of curiosity... is there any legitimate way to tell whether they have "quite a few" of something in the refurb store versus just one or two? I'm not trying to call you out... but if you know that specifically, how do you know?

Well I counted about 4 or 5 this morning. That was 6 am pst time though. I noticed now that they don't have any. I saw some white MB and I think 1 black MB. Now they weren't core 2 duo just the core duos. I have not seen any macbook core 2 duos in the refurbished store.

danny_w

Jan 16, 2007, 12:13 PM

One review said 8% faster, however it the 64 bit that you want........
I think the C2D vs. CD MB differences are:

8-10% faster
64-bit capable
DL Superdrive (was single layer)
Larger HDD
More Memory
Pre-N Airport

All of those things added together are enough to make me want to wait for a C2D.

mkrishnan

Jan 16, 2007, 12:15 PM

I had always thought that one listing was for one product :confused: but correct me if I'm wrong.

Oh, I understand now... No. One listing is for one product specification -- so you can tell how many different stock configurations they've got (e.g. 1.83 vs. 2.0, black vs. white, etc), but you cannot tell, as far as I know, how many of each they've got. So if they list four different MacBook configs, they might have 4 refurb units available or they might have 75 (in four configs).

madmaxmedia

Jan 16, 2007, 12:21 PM

I think Apple will be noticing how fast the MacBooks refurbs get snatched up at just under $1000.

Obviously sales of MacBooks in general are very good, but I think they will be trying hard to get prices down as time passes...

I'm just glad I got mine when they were still available! (with free extra RAM to boot.)