Apple Refurbs: What That Means
Apple has an amazing refurbishing process — when a product has that Apple Refurbished sticker on it, you can be assured that what you’re getting is as good as new. My 13-in MacBook was refurbished and it is still kicking today — nearly six years later. So be assured that even though these machines are refurbished, you will still get years out of them.
So what are you really getting by purchasing a refurbished machine? The 17-inch MacBook Pros we have in stock include a quad-core Intel i5 or i7 processor, 4GB of memory, a 500GB hard drive for storage, an NVIDIA GeForce GT330M with 512MB of video memory, and (here is the kicker) they are eligible for AppleCare. That’s right, unlike a used computer, Apple Refurbs are eligible to have AppleCare applied to them.
As if that’s not enough, here is the final nail in the coffin (you know, in a good way). Buying a refurbished machine can save you over $1,000. These are Macs that when purchased new at the time of release, ran a machine over $2,500! Our 17-inch MBPs now start at $1,350 (in limited quantity). If you add AppleCare to it, you are sitting pretty at $1,660 and that is still $140 cheaper than a new 15-inch MacBook Pro without AppleCare. If that isn’t the deal of the year, I don’t know what is!