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$999 Refurb vs $1199 new

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rxl125

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Refurbished MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White
13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
1GB memory
120GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in iSight camera
for $999

With education discount...
vs 1199 for a new one with 2 gigs of ram and a speed pump and 40 more in the hard drive...

What's the better deal? Would I most likely be getting a new macbook in the refurb area?
 
If you get the refurbished one, you could get a bigger hard drive and use the one that comes with the Macbook as a backup drive. Ram is cheap nowadays; at Fry's you can get a 4gig kit for less than $100. Of course, with a new one your get the new processors which should have bettery battery life. I personally would get the refurb; with the money you'd save you could get more space or a second battery.
 
rxl125 said:
Refurbished MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White
for $999

With education discount...
vs 1199 for a new one
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why not just go for the 2.1? it's new and it'll cost the same as the refurb. a dvd writer isn't that big a deal (plus you could always get a faster one on your own when you really need it).

do you really think .3 ghz is going to make that big of a difference?
 
rxl125 said:
Refurbished MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White
13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
1GB memory
120GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in iSight camera
for $999
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You can get that same model brand new at Amazon right now for $1,069 with free shipping and no sales tax while they last. That would be cheaper in the end than paying $999 + tax for the refurb from Apple.
 
I just went for the $999 refurb. I considered the Amazon deal but wanted to get a new laser printer too and the $100 mail in rebate from Apple was too tempting.

The Blackbook is nice but I decided that 40Gb of HD space and fingerprint magnet matte black finish wasn't worth the $50 for me. I'm aware that the white ones scratch easier so it came down to preference.

The $950 White refurb doesn't accept 4Gb of Ram and has a slower FSB, smaller cache, and older integrated graphics chip so I didn't want that one either...

I didn't get the low end new one because I wanted a DVD burner.

On another note, I order 4Gb of Ram from OWC and they sent me an email saying that my order was delayed because I was having it shipped to an address other than my credit card billing address (I was having it sent to my girlfriend's house), and I would have to fax them a form with my driver's license and and credit card copied on it. I decided I didn't want the hassle so I looked at Crucial and the ram is only $5 more (wow they've come down...) there so I canceled and reordered from them.

The only thing that you might consider is that refurbs of the new models might become available but I figured they wouldn't be much less expensive than one with an Edu discount, which is still more expensive for what you get.
 
Lancetx said:
You can get that same model brand new at Amazon right now for $1,069 with free shipping and no sales tax while they last. That would be cheaper in the end than paying $999 + tax for the refurb from Apple.
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Sounds like case closed to me, what else is there to think about? Unless you live in a weird place that charges less than 7% tax then the new one is cheaper.
 
For those of you considering, Ive recently seen a MPB pop-up in the refurb store for $1299 on a few occasions. They go fast, but they have been there. I cant recall the specs, but the original price was $1999.

Actually, I just came across a screen cap of it. This was from about a week ago.
 

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