Originally Posted By: matthew_k
The apple store is down, but you should be able to pick up a refurbished MBP for not much more than that. I've never heard a single complaint about Apple refurbs, and they sell a lot of them.


Complaint time. Out of two MacBook refurbs I know of, both had issues. The one I bought for my wife had to be returned for a replacement keyboard. Apple didn't cover my shipping costs whatsoever even though the machine arrived like that and the problem was phoned into their technical support within 10 minutes of me siging the waybill. The closest service center is a six hour drive from here.

The second one belongs to my sister-in-law and has trouble with the screen. It flashes between bright and dim (ie brightness level when plugged in and brightness level when on battery) at random times. Sometime it will do it for a few seconds, other times it will do it for a few minutes.

She also had a Refurb 2nd gen Nano that would repeatedly lock up.

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