Do refurbs come with OSX?

Refurbs come with OSX. I don't know why you think they didn't

 

All Apple computers come with Mac OS X Leopard pre-installed. Refurbished or new.

 

If I remember correctly you not only get the current operating system included but an upgrade to Snow for only $9.95 if you buy from the Apple Refurb site.

 

No refurbs are so cheap because Apple puts Vista on them, and its locked so no service packs can be installed. And it comes pre-loaded like a Dell with loads of bloatware.

 

Install/Restore DVDs

 

What!?
Seriously!?
Why would they sell a computer without an OS?

 

Because people can and do.

 

I've bought a computer with no OS before... saved a packet.

Though I could never see Apple selling a computer without OS

 

LMFAO, wicked cheap guy!

 

People can and do buy Apple hardware without an OS? I mean, that is what we are talking about, right? I think that would be news to quite a few folks.

 

But it does say it comes with the Install/restore DVDs.

 

I wouldn't say there's NO mention of the OS. I just pulled up a random refurb macbook page and here's the screenshot of it. Look on the right side, it clearly states the OS version.

 

Even before the "Included Sofware" heading, there is a feature on the "up-to-date program for your refurbished Mac"?

What would be the point of this if it didn't come with an OS, as there would be nothing to get up-to-date?

 

I'm lost where the warrant for this comes from?

 

Oh god, screwing owners by not announcing product releases? Don't buy around conferences and you are fine. The computer you purchased before [insert product here] was announced is no less functional. As a matter of fact, you weighed the pro's and con's of that purchase in your head before deciding to pull the trigger and buy so at the time the system did everything you need but since suddenly a new system is announced yours is less useful? Ha.

 

As a rule you get the same contents as the ORIGINAL box contained, just in a plain box. This means that if the computer was originally sold or stocked before an OS update, then the box will only contain the original disks.

I bought an iBook refurb instore after Tiger had been released, but the contents of the box only had the original Panther install disks. There was no free upgrade to Tiger, either. You need to check or ask Apple to see whether upgrades apply to your purchase if buying just before or after an OS version update.

 

It's called "Apple wants to actually sell the computers that they currently have so they don't tell you that, hey, we have a new computer that is better than the one we're selling right now, but we're not selling it yet, so you'd better keep buying the old (current) model."

They have policies in place that allow people to return computers if they want a new one. There is no "getting screwed". Tech changes, deal with it.