Pros and Cons of buying refurbished?
Ok,
I'm finally taking the plunge and getting my first Mac. I did countless hours of research into the perfect model for me, decided on the 15 inch Powerbook and 2 days later they were pulled from the Apple site.
There are still retailers out there selling them (MacConnection, Amazon, etc) but I was wondering how much trouble am I asking for by going refurbished?
In other words, is the failure rate the same as a new machine or worse?
Before anyone asks, I decided on the Powerbook because I work mostly in Illustrator and didn't want to deal with Rosetta. Also, I would prefer something that has most the bugs worked out of it. I didn't going for the 17 inch just because the extra cost wasn't worth it to me.
So, I think I'm going to get the refurbished 15 inch next week unless someone has a reason not to.
Thanks in advance for any input.
Matt
I'm finally taking the plunge and getting my first Mac. I did countless hours of research into the perfect model for me, decided on the 15 inch Powerbook and 2 days later they were pulled from the Apple site.
There are still retailers out there selling them (MacConnection, Amazon, etc) but I was wondering how much trouble am I asking for by going refurbished?
In other words, is the failure rate the same as a new machine or worse?
Before anyone asks, I decided on the Powerbook because I work mostly in Illustrator and didn't want to deal with Rosetta. Also, I would prefer something that has most the bugs worked out of it. I didn't going for the 17 inch just because the extra cost wasn't worth it to me.
So, I think I'm going to get the refurbished 15 inch next week unless someone has a reason not to.
Thanks in advance for any input.
Matt
Windows XP
