I need help buying iMac 8,1

[alhajis]

a friend of mine wants to sell me an imac for $800 and i don't know if it's worth it. These are the specs that i saw... 8,1 Aluminum iMac, Core 2 Duo, 2.66ghz and 2GB ram... that all is all i saw. i dont know if it was 20" or 24"

 

[spinnerlys]

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Have a look at www.mac2sell.net to see if the price is right.

 

[alhajis]

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Have a look at www.mac2sell.net to see if the price is right.

What more can i add??? do you think we have to go by what mac2sell tells us? does mac2sell know if it's iMac 8,1 when there is no option to put that?

 

[Hellhammer]

Ask him is it 20" or 24" as that's quite important.

20" 2.66GHz iMac goes for 849$ from refurb store

 

[angemon89]

iMac 8,1 at 2.66 is a 20"

Not the best deal IMO. Unless he bought Applecare for it the warranty is probably expired so I would try to get him down to $700 for it.

 

[alhajis]

There is no apple care, mac2sell says it's $870. I think I'll pass this one. I already told him that i don't want it and he said he'll sell it for $1000 on eBay. Thank you guys... This is exactly what i was looking for.

 

[Badger^2]

There is no apple care, mac2sell says it's $870. I think I'll pass this one. I already told him that i don't want it and he said he'll sell it for $1000 on eBay. Thank you guys... This is exactly what i was looking for.

$1000?

Wow. Good luck with that.

"Brand new" refurb iMac with 400 more mhz, 2X the ram, larger drive, wireless mouse/keyboard, larger (and 10X the quality) screen and a 1 year warranty... $999

Why would anyone buy that old 20" for the same cost?

The Apple Store offers the factory-refurbished Apple iMac Core 2 Duo 3.33GHz 21.5" Desktop, model no. MB950LL/A, for $999 with free shipping.

It features an Intel Core 2 Duo 3.33GHz dual-core processor, 21.5" 1920x1080 widescreen LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB Serial ATA hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, SuperDrive, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, AirPort Extreme, iSight, Apple Magic Mouse, and Apple Aluminum Keyboard

 

[alhajis]

"Brand new" refurb iMac with 400 more mhz, 2X the ram, larger drive, wireless mouse/keyboard, larger (and 10X the quality) screen and a 1 year warranty... $999

Please... where can i find the apple refurb store?

 

[Hellhammer]

Please... where can i find the apple refurb store?

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=MTY0MjUwOTE

 

[Badger^2]

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=MTY0MjUwOTE

Please... where can i find the apple refurb store?

Wow, I *really* wanted to put in a snarky comment, like "Apple.com, duh", but HH was much nicer and gave you the link... =)

 

[angemon89]

Note that the refurb store gets updated ALL THE TIME. The computers you see there are not the only ones offered. If you're looking to buy a Mac I would check back every few hours for at least a couple of days until you find the computer that's right for you.