iMac buying question:

[fireshot91]

Once the new iMacs come out. will the current gen. refurbished stay in the refurb store till maybe: Christmas? I see one in there for 699$. and I'm guessing if that stays there till x-mas then it'll be like 300$ right? once it gets below 450$ I'll buy it. even if its not x-mas.

 

[rfrankl]

I think you will be lucky to see it much below the $699 you stated no matter how long you wait.

 

[chscag]

If you're looking for an iMac - late model refurb for less than $450.00 you better check around at local garage sales...

Regards.

 

[emt1]

Once the new iMacs come out. will the current gen. refurbished stay in the refurb store till maybe: Christmas? I see one in there for 699$. and I'm guessing if that stays there till x-mas then it'll be like 300$ right? once it gets below 450$ I'll buy it. even if its not x-mas.

It will never be that cheap. This is Apple not Dell.

 

[fireshot91]

Well, there is one refurb. iMac at the refurb Apple store for 699. got a 512MB RAM though. so if the new gen. comes out..it'll go down right? there's no way it'll go up.

 

[applefan1997]

They'll maybe upgrade it or stop selling it. They probably wouldn't make the price that low. Most G5 iMacs are still worth nearly that much.

 

[ltldrummerboy]

Hey, I just picked up an iMac for $20 the other day. Beat that!

cough, G3 w/10GB HD & 128MB RAM, cough

In all seriousness though, if you want an iMac with decent and somewhat recent specs, you're not going to get it for less than, say, $800.

 

[applefan1997]

Cool, a $20 iMac. I almost got a 350 model for 15. Had no Firewire.

 

[ltldrummerboy]

I have dual firewire. Strawberry pink too. So, you know, that's a plus. It's not exactly cutting edge, but it's a pretty good little email/internet machine.

 

[natebookpro]

They might just sell out of them since that is so cheap. No way its going much lower than that.

 

[Macky-Mac]

Once the new iMacs come out. will the current gen. refurbished stay in the refurb store till maybe: Christmas? I see one in there for 699$. and I'm guessing if that stays there till x-mas then it'll be like 300$ right? once it gets below 450$ I'll buy it. even if its not x-mas.

$699?? I just looked and it's not there now.....so GONE already!

(was that a 17" white model?)

super deals don't seem to last long on the refurb page.

 

[sravana]

$699?? I just looked and it's not there now.....so GONE already!

(was that a 17" white model?)

super deals don't seem to last long on the refurb page.

Yeah, that's the one I last week and it's a really sweet deal for a switcher like me - who doesn't have unlimited funds, or unlimited space for the 20-24" alu macs.

After all, I'm needing to pick up XP ($90), a backup drive (320G for $114 at amazon), and eventually I'm going to need to figure out my printer setup. I'm very glad that I didn't spring for the $1299 or even the $999 at the refurb store.

But I agree. I don't see them offering this machine for less than $699. I just don't. I've seen one off and on at the refurb store - and I'm very glad that I just took the plunge.

Note: though you do get a mighty mouse with it, you get the previous gen keyboard. Not that there's anything wrong with that - it's a nice piece of hardware. But you don't get the new, ultra-slim one, FYI.

 

[fireshot91]

It's been on/off for the past 2 or so months. the thing is that it has a 17" white screen, and 512MB of RAM.

 

[sravana]

Right - the RAM is disappointing. But from everything I've heard here, upgrading that is easy, and cheap via Crucial.

 

[fohawk17]

it wont drop. they will keep ti at the same price until they sell out. i would suggest buying it because its a good deal.


disappointing amount of RAM though........ can anyone say UPGRADE!!!!! lol

 

[fireshot91]

What RAM do the 17" White iMacs take(the one that we're talking about in this thread-512MB RAM, 1.83GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo Processor)?