Yes and Yes...I’ve never bought a refurbished product before, is it worth the discount (and loss of the beats promotion)? Are they like new just not with the official box?
Yes and Yes...I’ve never bought a refurbished product before, is it worth the discount (and loss of the beats promotion)? Are they like new just not with the official box?
The current iMac is one Ive's finer achievements. It could use narrower bezels, but other than that it's close to perfect.
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I haven't bought a new Mac in 10 years. All refurbs. Same warranty as new.
They could rethink several things: the plugging in problem; now, just where in the hell is that port. The chin; to chin or not to chin, chin is the question. The speaker problem; loud, but funnelled speaker sound, thanks to the shape of that bottom. I’ve tested the older, thicker bottom side-by-side and it has clearer sound. It may not be louder, but it did sound more pleasing. Form over function; the Apple-design disease.Aside from the bezels getting trimmed down, I can’t imagine how much they can do to make this a more aesthetically pleasing machine. I personally think it’s a beautiful design even in its current state.
Not necessarily a new case, in the case of an iMac. But certainly won’t be marked in any way. In that case, new case.My personal opinion is that the previous generation iMac was closer to perfect, given you could upgrade the HDD & RAM a lot easier than the current models. It got too thin and it was too much of a trade off. Just my opinion of course.
Anyway, are refurbished Mac's treated to a new case? Or could they be delivered with bashes/bruises/marks/scratches/scuffs?
I just now did this.Trend is the iMac appears in the refurb store 3 months after into. I've been hitting refresh on the refurb store for about 4 weeks now and jumped on an i9 w/ Vega 48 during lunch. Those Geekbench scores are incredible.
Military discount stacks with refurb discount which drives down the cost quite a bit.
Not so. But no iMac 2019 (yet) in UK refurb store.
Also not in Austrian Store ;-(Not so. But no iMac 2019 (yet) in UK refurb store.
It always intrigues me where “all” these refurb units come from. It’s barely 3 months old so either a lot of warranty issues resulting in plenty of returns or plenty of early buyer remorse leading to returns?
Additionally they typically (not uniquely) always have only the higher spec units available as refurb, I wonder why?
looking forward to a completely re-thought & redesigned iMac now that J Ive is gone. This old design has got to go. This is the one time I wish they'd show courage.
Sometimes it's worth more than the discount. I bought a refurb iMac earlier this year that was listed as 8GB of memory. When I got it and checked it out, it has 16GB.I’ve never bought a refurbished product before, is it worth the discount (and loss of the beats promotion)? Are they like new just not with the official box?
looking forward to a completely re-thought & redesigned iMac now that J Ive is gone. This old design has got to go. This is the one time I wish they'd show courage.
Canadian prices are ridiculous? I hear that all the time hereFinally! Hoping to get a 512SSD with i5 - not qualms over getting a refurb and save a few dollars as the Canadian prices are ridiculous.
Has anyone done any tests with the 8th generation chips vs the 9th?
They could rethink several things: the plugging in problem; now, just where in the hell is that port. The chin; to chin or not to chin, chin is the question. The speaker problem; loud, but funnelled speaker sound, thanks to the shape of that bottom. I’ve tested the older, thicker bottom side-by-side and it has clearer sound. It may not be louder, but it did sound more pleasing. Form over function; the Apple-design disease.
They could half the chin, make it black glass and drill it with many small holes for a sleek front-facing stereo speaker setup (or a soft material there for acoustic transparency); may alleviate some of that funnel-factor. Or get rid of chin completely, and return the bottom to a slightly wider profile—“we rethought the bottom entirely, with premium audio in mind. And check out our new clever port solution to the finding-that-port problem”.
There are many changes they could make to the iMac to make it better. Including, a return to some user access re hard drive and RAM. It’s time for iMac and Macs in general to become more practical again. Not that Jony is gone maybe some of that will happen?
No cable management, no status lights? These factors help no one.
How upgradable are the 2019 machines? I'm guessing not, but can the SSD and RAM be changed for the brave/foolish?
Oh Boy, we get a whole 15%.
There were a metric crap ton of Refurb iMacs there last night, I am having trouble understanding what “unique” configuration you need that they don’t have, if not initially, at some point.They never sell exactly what I need anymore. I’m always stuck with a Fusion drive, or a worse video card, or a small SSD, or a maxed CPU, or not the RAM I want. Either i’m always late to the perfect model or they’ve caught on to how I shop and never have a perfect system for cheaper lol
Oh Boy, we get a whole 15%.
Crazy we’re getting refurbs of this before the 2018 iPad Pro.
My personal opinion is that the previous generation iMac was closer to perfect, given you could upgrade the HDD & RAM a lot easier than the current models. It got too thin and it was too much of a trade off. Just my opinion of course.
Anyway, are refurbished Mac's treated to a new case? Or could they be delivered with bashes/bruises/marks/scratches/scuffs?
If Apple can put a notch on the front of iPhone X, they can teardrop the iMac chassis for an audio-focused redesign. If done right it could be as elegant as a MBA. Incidentally, before MBA got rid of that annoying port door, I was discussing on AI they should ditch the door and go to a more right-angled teardrop design. I was basically called crazy over there for suggesting this idea, and within some months Apple did it. So they can get sense.You bring up some good points!
A wider edge on the bottom (asymmetrically) might look odd, it would be more functional! Maybe just the middle area is pushed out giving space underneath for a few ports with only a symbol on the front in the middle of port. Pushing upwards into the port if the edge of the port was curved it could help align the plug in.
The edge & chin area should be reduced and the use of magnets should come back to hold the display with a bit of Velcro. The chin area should be vented for the speakers. I could see Apple reusing the MacBook Pro speaker design here.
I agree RAM and secondary storage should be more accessible. The iMac's need both T2 storage (soldered) and the option for additional in system storage. Having only T2 storage is too limiting. I would love to see Apple embrace M.2 SSD's and offer dual PCIe slots in the 27" and just one in the 21.5"