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Apple Online Store Now Offering Refurbished Current-Generation 27-Inch iMac Models
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One more thing
While the new iMac lacks a superdrive, it made up for it with one important improvement is that it is far more cooler than the previous design.
I mean literally cooler....as in cooler temperature...try touch the back
While the new iMac lacks a superdrive, it made up for it with one important improvement is that it is far more cooler than the previous design.
I mean literally cooler....as in cooler temperature...try touch the back
Which series? I just had ours (2009 model) in for the Seagate 1TB drive replacement program and the "genius" said there were quite a few in the back waiting on the same, so they may not all be there for hard failures. Ours had never shown any symptoms nor had any hiccups with the drive before taking it in. It was near the programs end date though so I figured I better get it in.
How much do you think that card sells for?
Please build me a PC with the exact specs in that 27" all in one with a screen that is similar in quality for significantly cheaper.
Please include comprable:
CPU
CPU Cooler
GPU
RAM
HDD
Motherboard (must have USB 3, Thunderbolt or similar high capacity transfer ports, ethernet, SD, and firewire if you want to get technical)
Case (you can't get a similar one and you know an all in one chasis is gonna add $$$)
Power supply
Operating system
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
Speakers
I wouldn't normally say you need an audio card, but the sound on the new iMac is pretty great. It also outputs digital through mini toslink.
Throw in OS X, exceptional customer service and a nice aesthetic and I think you will find iMacs are probably one of fairest priced all in one computers out there.
Some of us work, that's a useful way to increase your purchasing power. Well I work too you say. In that case, maybe work a little harder or earn a degree or STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT APPLE'S PRICING POLICY WE ALL KNOW IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN NORMAL GODDAMN WINDOWS MACHINES.
I always thought that AIO meant all-in-one and not almost-in-one.
However, I could live with an external optical drive, but the idea of not being able to swap the internal drive once it gets outdated in 2 years or so is a deal-breaker. Funny that some people now use external ssd bootdisks for an AIO computer. Sounds like 'broken by design' to me.
I bought two 24 inch iMacs in 2008 for the kids...one was a refurb that ended up having a 750GB HD rather than the 500GB I paid for....the savings were great, and I would consider a refurb from Apple again.
The rejects are beginning to surface.
Good observation. One can take advantage of the discounts too.
The rejects are beginning to surface.
Maybe they are returns from people who decided to return it within the 14 day return period.
what do you use your optical drive for? every once in a while I get some install software on DVD but generally I need a drive about 4 times a year. not even burning dvd's with pictures for family anymore.
I personally don't use it that often (about once per month to rip a CD), but I know many people that still need them. In fact for a computer with that price tag I'd expect a BluRay drive to be included.
Finally it was not because people wouldn't want an optical drive in their iMacs, but merely because Apple wants them to purchase their media online in the iTunes store.
But as I said, it's not so much about the optical drive. My main concern is the missing upgradability.
For what "price"? As I already stated above, you're getting every bit of what they are charging you and more in these iMacs.
Yes and no with the iTunes store. True, they are pushing all digital, but so is everyone else. Optical media is a dying format and Apple is just being proactive about it. I have had this iMac since launch and NOT ONCE have I missed the optical drive. I know my experience is not the same as everyone else's, but I know that some people are also just looking for something to bitch about.
And now you have the option to actually buy your precious blu-ray external. Something I would personally never even consider using and would jack up the price on the purchase I already made.
The missing upgradeability is a factor, yes. But that is usually the case for an all in one. They are not meant to really be toyed with. Buy a tower or a mini if you need to mess with the insides.
Lastly: it isn't that it is not a good deal and a great computer. Sure, YOU don't like it and don't have to buy it, but it is an exceptional piece of hardware regardless of any opinion. People just want every detail done their way and when it is not, they BLAME Apple. It is such a weird mentality.
Consider this. How many people REALLY need a blu-ray drive? For what? To watch movies? Don't most of those people already have a TV setup for that? And what are the percentages of people that use an iMac for their only TV viewing that is that much into blu-ray?
How many people REALLY upgrade their iMacs themselves? I am sure the percentage is higher on this one, but I GUARANTEE it is still minuscule in the grand scale versus how many people bring their computer to Apple, purchase Apple Care, or just sell their older Mac (for a very fair price, mind you) and just upgrade by adding the amount they would have spent on the upgrade and getting something new.
Just people wanting to bitch is all.
Very true, I have hundreds of film-titles on Blu-ray, and also several games on DVD and CD that I would like to use on a home compute such as the iMac...
**** Apples arrogance on Blu-ray and optical drives! This is a desktop computer, and there are no reasons for not including a combined Blu-ray/DVD/Cd-drive. I'm not buying one, and this is the first 27" iMac I'm not getting...
There are plenty of reasons not to add the drive. Especially since you can easily get an external drive of your choice and use it at your leisure on any computer you want.
Yeah seriously.
I'm not concerned about the cost of an external DVD drive. I don't want an external DVD drive. I want an internal DVD drive.
An i7 with a 3TB Fusion Drive, please. I'm ready to replace my refurb 2011 (saved $600 with that one - can I be so fortunate again?).
As to the optical drive, I bought a portable Samsung Blu-Ray unit and I find it rips DVDs twice as fast as the built-in so I never use the iMac drive anymore.
I'm ready to replace my refurb 2011 (saved $600 with that one - can I be so fortunate again?).As to the optical drive, I bought a portable Samsung Blu-Ray unit and I find it rips DVDs twice as fast as the built-in so I never use the iMac drive anymore.
The amount of users who need one are less than the amount of people who don't.
They drive up the price for users who do not.
They are loud.
There are alternatives (USB, Cloud, Externals, etc).
They have constantly moving parts that also generate a lot of heat within a small/thin enclosure.
More moving parts mean more possibility of something breaking. Which means, to repair my simple and cheap optical disc drive, I would have to lug my ENTIRE computer to Apple to get it fixed. As well as be out of a computer for that amount of time.
You can literally get an external for $20.
Should I go on?
I too was initially peeved that there was no internal optical drive, but then I got over it, believing in that an external was the best option, as it is cheaper route, if / when it fails its easier to replace &/or upgrade, and an external doesn't add heat to the body... however,
not having much luck in finding a good quality version that is actually friendly with Apple OS. Ideas?As to refurbs - I love 'em, and would snatch one of these up, except am enjoying the new 27" iMac for the past few weeks already (but yea, for 15% lower price... hmmmmmmm).