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Refurbished PB price drop

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loubapache

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It seems Apple just dropped the price on the refurbished PB. Either they have lots of these or the new ones are coming. :rolleyes:

The PowerBook G4 867MHz/256MB/40GB/Combo/E/Aluminum/12"TFT - Refurbished is now at $1049. I probably should so a search first but is this a problematic model?
 
loubapache said:
It seems Apple just dropped the price on the refurbished PB. Either they have lots of these or the new ones are coming. :rolleyes:

The PowerBook G4 867MHz/256MB/40GB/Combo/E/Aluminum/12"TFT - Refurbished is now at $1049. I probably should so a search first but is this a problematic model?
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I've been thinking about a PB lately myself & I could be wrong , but the impression I've gotten from my research is that the 12" is the horse of the lineup... Seems that it just works with the fewest amont of issues out of them all... Well, I shouldn't say "ALL" because I never considered the 17", but of the 12" & 15" the little guy seems pretty reliable...

It's tough sometimes because alot of times when we're doing research we go to support forums, where people go when they have problems... It makes it seem like these things are riddled with problems when they're actually very stable units with relatively few problems compared to the # sold...
 
The one I quoted with price is the Rev A 12", not the latest one. Both are Al but the Rev A only has USB 1.1, worse graphics card, and worse memory architechture. Are there any other major differences?
 
loubapache said:
It seems Apple just dropped the price on the refurbished PB. Either they have lots of these or the new ones are coming. :rolleyes:

The PowerBook G4 867MHz/256MB/40GB/Combo/E/Aluminum/12"TFT - Refurbished is now at $1049. I probably should so a search first but is this a problematic model?
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This looks like a great price, but I wonder if it better than getting a brand new 12" iBook. It looks better, but performance wise might not be that much faster.

What I learned from my purchase (800Mhz G3 iBook right when the 900 ones were released) that it is great to by the lowest-end machine in the line as refurbished, EOLed, etc. as long as you are realizing that your machine is already 'out of date'. The machine will still be as fast as you bought it, so you WON'T feel that it is slower when you use it, it will just sound slower to you when you compare it to the newer machines.

If you can wait, get the Rev. B machine as refurbished or opened-box, etc. My buddy bought a new Rev B 12", and that is a beautiful machine! :D
 
loubapache said:
It seems Apple just dropped the price on the refurbished PB. Either they have lots of these or the new ones are coming. :rolleyes:

The PowerBook G4 867MHz/256MB/40GB/Combo/E/Aluminum/12"TFT - Refurbished is now at $1049. I probably should so a search first but is this a problematic model?
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Another sign of the G5...I can but hope
 
As far as I know the 12" doesn't have any common problems, except for Rev. A running a bit hot, but Apple fixed it with Rev. B. I've been using my Rev. B for almost two months and couldn't be happier.
 
DreaminDirector said:
Yeah, I've heard nothing but good things about the rev B of the 12". So is that the way to go, in everyone's opinion?
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I think so. If I was in the market right now, that would be my choice. Look around for good deals. Amazon.com has a $100MIR, the catch is that the system comes with Jaguar, not Panther. My buddy got that, and they didn't send an upgrade CD for Panther :rolleyes:
 
The question for me now is: Do I buy a refurb revB, a new RevB or wait to see the announcement? (I'm personally waiting to see, unless there's some absolutely irresistible deal out there....)
 
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