I'm looking for a 27" i5 2.8ghz iMac, I'm going to buy it refurb as I do for all my Apple products when possible.. however I've never been on the "bleeding edge" of a release such as this. I check the refurb page about 100 times a day waiting for one to pop up but I haven't seen any of the new line yet. What I have seen is the price drop on previous generation models (friday I think)..
In the past how long has it taken for the current gen to appear on refurb? Obviously they need to be purchased, returned, refurbished & retested, and then make it up on the site. Is it like a week, 2 weeks, 1 month.. does Apple "throttle" the release of refurbs so that you're forced to buy Retail for a month if you want the new product etc? I haven't seen any of the new Mac Mini's up on refurb yet for instance - although I haven't been watching closely at all
Also when are refurbs typically posted, it seems like it happens at a specific time in the day - I saw many (older) iMacs go up at once at maybe 10 or 11am EST a couple days ago. Is there always 1 update a day around a specific time?
Thank you so much for any advice!
In the past how long has it taken for the current gen to appear on refurb? Obviously they need to be purchased, returned, refurbished & retested, and then make it up on the site. Is it like a week, 2 weeks, 1 month.. does Apple "throttle" the release of refurbs so that you're forced to buy Retail for a month if you want the new product etc? I haven't seen any of the new Mac Mini's up on refurb yet for instance - although I haven't been watching closely at all
Also when are refurbs typically posted, it seems like it happens at a specific time in the day - I saw many (older) iMacs go up at once at maybe 10 or 11am EST a couple days ago. Is there always 1 update a day around a specific time?
Thank you so much for any advice!
