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refurbished macs and OSX
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roglisk said:
It will at least have a Tiger "drop-in" (upgrade) DVD in the box along with iLife 05 DVD and CD. The OS installed on the hard drive may be Panther, but I make a general practice of erase installing new machines anyway, especially refurbs.
roglisk said:
It should say on the info page for the refurbished system which OS it has but if you're just now buying it from Apple as a refurbished system then it should have Tiger on it.
Yep im almost 100% positive you get the latest of everything. They have a section on it someplace in there refurb site ill try to find it and paste it here.
If your going to buy any recent Mac it will have it on I checked the online store but if you going to buy a older refurb mac it says this
"Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger included
iLife '05 included
Note: System Software Version 10.3.3 is pre-installed on the hard drive. Other software may or may not be included pre-installed or on CD's with refurbished products, subject to availability. "
If your going to buy any recent Mac it will have it on I checked the online store but if you going to buy a older refurb mac it says this
"Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger included
iLife '05 included
Note: System Software Version 10.3.3 is pre-installed on the hard drive. Other software may or may not be included pre-installed or on CD's with refurbished products, subject to availability. "
Yup, typing this on a refurb PowerBook. It didn't come with Tiger pre-installed, but it was easy to install it since I had nothing to back up. A small inconvenience for a pretty good savings (also no fancy box). I would also recommend an erase and install or clean install of tiger. This can be somewhat hidden, as I missed it the first time. The key is to go slow and READ EVERYTHING (except for licensing agreements). Its hidden under an option button somewhere.
Psssssssst.
jamesW135 said:How do you get a refurbished mac from Apple???
Psssssssst.
Jay42 said:
Stupid Apple Store's stupid expiring links.
You go to store.apple.com, scroll down a bit and click on the big red "SAVE" tag at the lower right. Welcome to Refurb Heaven!
All my current Apple hardware is refurbed, BTW: Dual 2.0GHz PowerMac (Rev 1), 1.33GHz 12" Powerbook, even 30GB 3rd gen iPod. Everything flawless and cheap, cheap, CHEAP!
jamesW135 said:How do you get a refurbished mac from Apple???
If you go to the Apple store (on the Apple webpage) and scroll down a bit, on the right side of the page there will be a big ol' red button thing that says "Save!" on it -- they're all over there. Some great deals, too!