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Just bought a refurb from Apple

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Howcome

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Mar 10, 2011
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Originally released April 2010
15.4-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display (1440 x 900 pixel)
4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory

Price was $1269. No Applecare. I already have a 750GB hard drive to put into it, so that takes care of the storage. This is replacing my 2009 Macbook which I use for video djing using Serato. Was this a good deal and is this machine a good upgrade from my Macbook? Fingers crossed/
 
Congrats! On such a great machine, I highly recommend buying AppleCare sometime in the next year. The service is impeccable. One mishap, and the price is justified -- sometimes two or three times over.
 
Sounds like a pretty decent deal to me. I think if it's between the 11" air, the 13" mbp, and the refurb for DJing, I would probably go for the refurb. You can keep it for a year and sell it to upgrade next year!
 
I will be buying Applecare, just have to do 1 day of OT at the day job.
 
That's not a bad price. For a 200-300 more, you could've gotten a new 2010, but they're harder to find right now. Enjoy it, I think you did well!
 
Howcome said:
Originally released April 2010
15.4-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display (1440 x 900 pixel)
4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory

Price was $1269. No Applecare. I already have a 750GB hard drive to put into it, so that takes care of the storage. This is replacing my 2009 Macbook which I use for video djing using Serato. Was this a good deal and is this machine a good upgrade from my Macbook? Fingers crossed/
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cool deal..congrats...
 
I bought this one as well...seems to be the best deal on a refurb 15-inch in the Apple online store. Supposed to be picking it up today after Fedex drops it off at their closest location. :D

I still can't believe the prices Apple is trying to charge for some of those refurb Core 2 Duo 15's...
 
You 2 guys do know that I can return it within 14 days, according to the sales rep? The price was the best I could find so I took a chance. Now, do you have any thing of value to add or are you just trolling?
 
Al Coholic said:
Shouldn't these questions be asked before buying it?
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ideally, yes. but some of the 2010 refurbs simply fly off the shelves. besides, after you buy a computer, you spend the next 14 days deciding if it was the right choice.

if you're happy with it, i think this comp is a great deal.

in this range, you could compare with the base 2011 13"; the 13 is a bit faster and more portable, but maybe the screen real estate and the 330M over the integrated graphics is what calls it? ... anyways, for your needs, between these two its prob a matter of preference.
 
Howcome said:
You 2 guys do know that I can return it within 14 days, according to the sales rep? The price was the best I could find so I took a chance. Now, do you have any thing of value to add or are you just trolling?
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No, we're just responding to your obvious lack of planning. If you knew you needed a machine, and shopped it correctly, or asked BEFORE you bought you wouldn't seem like such a nOOb that would freely stick Apple with a returned machine since you didn't research FIRST.

So you can certainly call us captain obvious for our response, but you're then the perfect lemming for buying something before determining if it was the best possible for your needs and pocketbook now asking us to pat you on the back. Then getting clearly butthurt because you didn't like our answer.

So ya want it? Unless you NEED that 15" screen a 2011 13" i5 will run circles around the machine you bought and do it at a lower price point.
 
I do appreciate your last paragraph, it was definitely more useful than the rest of your post. I did mention I was doing video djing so the gpu is very important. With all of the talk of the HD3000's lack of power a dedicated gpu is huge. "Lemming, butthurt" dude you seem very angry and insulting. Thanks to everyone who replied politely, I appreciate it.
 
Ccrew said:
No, we're just responding to your obvious lack of planning. If you knew you needed a machine, and shopped it correctly, or asked BEFORE you bought you wouldn't seem like such a nOOb that would freely stick Apple with a returned machine since you didn't research FIRST.

So you can certainly call us captain obvious for our response, but you're then the perfect lemming for buying something before determining if it was the best possible for your needs and pocketbook now asking us to pat you on the back. Then getting clearly butthurt because you didn't like our answer.

So ya want it? Unless you NEED that 15" screen a 2011 13" i5 will run circles around the machine you bought and do it at a lower price point.
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Oh...please....leave the guy alone...it was more of a rhetorical question

and your wrong about the 13" running circles around his choice at a lower price point..yes the $1499 high end one will but not the base unit...and the 13" has a poor video card....and so-so screen resolution..
 
Ccrew said:
No, we're just responding to your obvious lack of planning. If you knew you needed a machine, and shopped it correctly, or asked BEFORE you bought you wouldn't seem like such a nOOb that would freely stick Apple with a returned machine since you didn't research FIRST.

So you can certainly call us captain obvious for our response, but you're then the perfect lemming for buying something before determining if it was the best possible for your needs and pocketbook now asking us to pat you on the back. Then getting clearly butthurt because you didn't like our answer.

So ya want it? Unless you NEED that 15" screen a 2011 13" i5 will run circles around the machine you bought and do it at a lower price point.
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:confused:
 
nebulos said:
:confused:
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Yeah 2011 13" is cheaper and like he said, it runs circles around the 2010 15" CPU wise (major CPU revision).

2011: Intel Core i5 2.3 with better boosting and etc..
2010: Intel Core i5 2.4 older revision (less features = less performance)
 
... the face was in response to the whole post.

as for the technical discussion, the differences and trade offs have already been pointed out. both machines are fast. will the OP notice the difference? maybe. is it a HUGE difference? arguable.

2010 i5 15": geekbench ~ 4800, dedicated GPU, 1440x900, $1,269

2011 i5 13": geekbench ~ 5800, integrated GPU, 1280x800, thunderbolt, $1,199
 
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TxdoHawk said:
I still can't believe the prices Apple is trying to charge for some of those refurb Core 2 Duo 15's...
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Tell me about it! I would really like to buy one of those refurbed Core 2 Duo 15's JUST because I want a standard resolution anti-glare screen, and that's the last one that has it. But they're asking close to $1500 for it, when you can get the 2010's with the i5 for the same or even hundreds less (depending on screen choice). I wish they would price the Core 2 Duo one a bit more "realistically," so that I could buy one.

buckwheat987 said:
...and the 13" has a poor video card....and so-so screen resolution..
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Actually, if one is getting the standard resolution 15-er, which I believe the OP did, the ppi are almost the same between the 13" and the 15". The 15" is just more area. (I checked because I want *less* resolution - at least until resolution independence comes along.)

MT
 
Miss Terri said:
Tell me about it! I would really like to buy one of those refurbed Core 2 Duo 15's JUST because I want a standard resolution anti-glare screen, and that's the last one that has it. But they're asking close to $1500 for it, when you can get the 2010's with the i5 for the same or even hundreds less (depending on screen choice). I wish they would price the Core 2 Duo one a bit more "realistically," so that I could buy one.



Actually, if one is getting the standard resolution 15-er, which I believe the OP did, the ppi are almost the same between the 13" and the 15". The 15" is just more area. (I checked because I want *less* resolution - at least until resolution independence comes along.)

MT
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Some of the refurb prices are great usually on newer models - older stuff not so much so. If you want a low res matte screen your better of buying a refurb i5 and have the screen swapped by a 3rd party.
 
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