2010 refurbished i7 2.93 vs 2011 refurbished i7 3.4

[OptyCT]

As other people mentioned
Any idea if we are getting Lion free with refurbished iMacs or do we have to pay to upgrade? It is not clear on Apple website, which is saying "all qualifying macs"

I've heard everything from "definitely yes" to "no way". I think it would be hard for Apple to deny a free copy of a $29.99 software upgrade to someone who just spent $1,900.

 

[penduboy]

One on each side being awesome applies to other things as well.

 

[rideincircles]

No issues on my new imac. My iphoto has sorted my 45000 pictures pretty well (160 gigs) with no major issues other than lumping photos together in clumps when looking at albums. So far so good.

I got the 2.93 i7 27" 2010 with 1 terabyte hd. Will be installing my new memory (8gb) soon once I get everything reorganized on my externals.

My mac mini crapped out after a day from moving it where my imac now is. Not sure if i will get it to work again. Stuck on the blue screen of doom or the Darwin/BSD login screen. It lasted 6 years though.

 

[SundayDuffer]

Got my iMac at 9:30am this morning, ordered it yesterday..free shipping..Im lucky because Sacramento is only two-hrs drive away.
Anyhow, I just checked for yellow screen and dead pixels. NONE. Im good to go. Im so excited. Cant wait to see what this baby can do...lol.

Go with 2011. Enjoy.

 

[penduboy]

Got my iMac at 9:30am this morning, ordered it yesterday..free shipping..Im lucky because Sacramento is only two-hrs drive away.
Anyhow, I just checked for yellow screen and dead pixels. NONE. Im good to go. Im so excited. Cant wait to see what this baby can do...lol.

Go with 2011. Enjoy.

Great to hear that you got your new imac with no issues and are enjoying it. Can you check with your friend who works at Apple, if refurbished imacs are eligible for free upgrade to lion or not. i will be getting my refurbished imac tomorrow...will update you guys.

 

[SundayDuffer]

As long as you have bought a new or refurb after 6/6/11. You will have 30 days once Lion is officially released to make a request for the update. But i will check with my friend to be sure.

 

[penduboy]

I ended up buying brand new 27 i7 couldn't convince my self that $200 saving is worth for a refurbished. I also got $100 app store card.

 

[SundayDuffer]

I ended up buying brand new 27 i7 couldn't convince my self that $200 saving is worth for a refurbished. I also got $100 app store card.

Congrats.