What does Apple do with new outdated models?

You try MacMall They If I remember right sell off the stock they have of older units. I'm sure there are other places like Amazon, ebay. You can also look at the refurbished macs on Apples site

See my FAQ*:

http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html

I recommend avoiding eBay. Too much fraud is going on there in the computer sales business.

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Since people are cancelling their orders left and right for the new one, call Apple and see if you can get the old one's at a refurbished price. It doesn't hurt to try

If you're near an Apple Store, try going there. I think they were still selling Core Duo MacBooks when I bought my Core2Duo back in November. I'm pretty sure they were cheaper, too.

Another option is to go to the Apple retail store nearest to you and see if there are people returning their week-old MBs due to the new model coming out. The returns will be in pristine shape with full warranty, but will be sold as "refreshed" units for 10% of the list price. These are not units with problems that have been fixed, like refurbs (which I like and buy a lot), but are just people who changed their minds. You'll need to ask a sales person for what they have as "refreshed" in the back. That's the magic word.

Good luck!

MacBook w/2GB & 100GB 7200 rpm hd, G5 iMac, 15PB, G4 iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.8) G4 QS, AX, 3G iPod, Shffl, nano.

I am wondering what Apple
does with all the unsold MacBooks they had on hand
yesterday.

They just repackage them in a big brown box and sell them as refurbs. However, they'll probably sell their actual refurbished computers first, then go on to sell the brand new ones. So I might wait a little while if I was you. Or, go with Mr. Wooley's idea. I've gotten refreshed iPods before and they're always a little scratched, but great. 🙂

Also, for what it's worth, Apple is known in the industry for having less than five days of inventory "in the channels". So, they could have been holding back orders for a day before the release and at this point half of the "previous" models are already gone. There usually aren't all that many left over when a new model is released.

-doug