Refurbished 2.8 quad core

[D4F]

hi all.
I want to buy a Mac Pro with single quad processor.
Did any of you have experience with refurbished Pros?
it's a significant save of $$ especially that I want to get the new Ati once it's out.
Should I go new or refurbished?
sorry for this question but I never dealt with refurbished Apple stuff and don't want to end up with some fatigued $2000 junk

All input appreciated.

 

[aaronw1986]

Do a search. Refurbs have been covered a bunch. They are generally highly recommended. Worth the money saved.

 

[aaronw1986]

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[StumpJumper]

I don't have any experience with refurb Mac Pro's (bought a new one with the education discount, which worked out cheaper than a refurb).

However I bought a refurb MacBook Pro last year which saved me £400 and it was basically like new, plus my dad bought a refurb MacBook about 4 months ago and again, it was like new.

All refurbs have a 12 month warranty, so I'd recommend buying one and saving yourself some serious cash - if you're like most other Pro owners, you're going to want more RAM and Hard Disks pretty soon after purchasing!

 

[chakosticks]

Just got a refurb 2.8 8-core a week ago. Cosmetically, it was obvious that it had been handled as there were fingerprints all over the case, handles and sides, but obviously a wipe-down took care of this. Functionally, everything seems OK so far with a possible exception being some artifacts during boot that I just posted another thread about. Man that stock 320GB Western Digital drive is noisy though!

I got my dad a refurb MacBook Pro over a year ago and that thing's worked like a charm, in fact that influenced my decision to get a refurb myself. At $2399, this refurb 8-core monster cost me $100 less than my non-refurb 500Mhz G4 did in 2000.