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Apple offers special deals on select Apple Certified Macs, iPods, Apple TVs, and more

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 08:27 PM EST

Apple is offering several special deals on Apple Certified Refurbished Mac, iPod, Apple TV models, and more.

Apple Certified Refurbished products are pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple's stringent refurbishment process prior to being offered for sale. All Apple Certified Refurbished products are covered by Apple's One-Year Limited Warranty. For extended coverage, you have the option of purchasing the AppleCare Protection Plan with your Apple Certified Refurbished product.

Apple Certified Refurbished MacBook

• Refurbished MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White:
- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
- 1GB memory
- 80GB hard drive
- Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
- Built-in iSight camera
Was $1,099 | Save 28% off the original price: $799

• Refurbished MacBook 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White:
- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
- 1GB memory
- 120GB hard drive
- Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
- Built-in iSight camera
Was $1,099 | Save 19% off the original price: $899

• Refurbished MacBook 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White:
- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
- 1GB memory
- 120GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- Built-in iSight camera
Was $1,299 | Save 27% off the original price: $949

• Refurbished MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White:
- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
- 1GB memory
- 120GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- Built-in iSight camera
Was $1,299 | Save 24% off the original price: $999

• Refurbished MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Black:
- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
- 1GB memory
- 160GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- Built-in iSight camera
Was $1,499 | Save 31% off the original price: $1,049

• Refurbished MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White:
- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 160GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- Built-in iSight camera
Was $1,299 | Save 16% off the original price: $1,099

• Refurbished MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Black:
- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 250GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- Built-in iSight camera
Was $1,499 | Save 14% off the original price: $1,299

Apple Certified Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 15.4-inch glossy widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 160GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $2,499 | Save 35% off the original price: $1,649

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 15.4-inch widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 200GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $1,999 | Save 16% off the original price: $1,699

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 15.4-inch widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 250GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $2,499 | Save 21% off the original price: $1,999

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 15.4-inch widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 200GB hard drive; 7200 rpm
- - 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $2,799 | Save 18% off the original price: $2,299

Apple Certified Refurbished 17-inch MacBook Pro

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 17-inch high-resolution widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 160GB hard drive; 7200 rpm
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $3,049 | Save 25% off the original price: $2,299

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 17-inch widescreen display (glossy or matte)
- 2GB memory
- 250GB hard drive
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $2,799 | Save 18% off the original price: $2,299

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 17-inch widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 200GB hard drive; 7200 rpm
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $3,099 | Save 15% off the original price: $2,649

• Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo:
- 17-inch high-resolution widescreen display
- 2GB memory
- 200GB hard drive; 7200 rpm
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
- Built-in iSight Camera
Was $3,199 | Save 16% off the original price: $2,699

Apple Certified Refurbished MacBook Air

• Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Was $1,799 | Save 17% off the original price: $1499
• Refurbished MacBook Air 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/ 64GB SSD - Was $3,098 | Save 26% off the original price: $2299

Apple Certified Refurbished iMac

• Refurbished iMac 20-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Was $1,199 | Save 17% off the original price: $999
• Refurbished iMac 20-inch 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Was $1,499 | Save 14% off the original price: $1299
• Refurbished iMac 24-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Was $1,799 | Save 28% off the original price: $1299
• Refurbished iMac 24-inch 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Was $1,799 | Save 14% off the original price: $1549
• Refurbished iMac 24-inch 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Was $2,199 | Save 14% off the original price: $1899

Apple Certified Refurbished Mac Pro

• Refurbished Mac Pro 8-core 3.0GHz Intel Xeon:
- Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
- 2GB (2 x 1GB) of 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM
- 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
- 16x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB (two dual-link DVI ports)
Was $3,599 | Save 14% off the original price: $3,099

• Refurbished Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz Intel Xeon:
- Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
- 2GB (2 x 1GB) of 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM
- 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
- Two 16x SuperDrives (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (two dual-link DVI ports)
Was $4,799 | Save 15% off the original price: $4,099

Apple Certified Refurbished Time Capsule

• Refurbished Time Capsule - 500 GB - Was $299 | Save 17% off the original price: $249
• Refurbished Time Capsule - 1 TB - Was $499 | Save 17% off the original price: $419

Apple Certified Apple TV

• Refurbished Apple TV with 40GB drive:
- Mac + PC
- Wi-Fi 802.11 wireless
- 40GB hard drive for up to 50 hours video
- Apple Remote
Was $299 | Save 34% off the original price: $199

• Refurbished Apple TV with 160GB drive:
- Mac + PC
- Wi-Fi 802.11 wireless
- 160GB hard drive for up to 200 hours video
- Apple Remote
Was $399 | Save 31% off the original price: $279

Apple Certified Refurbished iPod nano (3G)

• Refurbished iPod nano 4GB - Silver - was $149 | Save 47% off the original price: $79
• Refurbished iPod nano 8GB - Blue, Green, Black, or Pink - was $199 | Save 51% off the original price: $99

Apple Certified Refurbished iPod touch (1G)

• Refurbished iPod touch, 8GB - was $299 | Save 41% off the original price: $179
• Refurbished iPod touch, 16GB - was $399 | Save 46% off the original price: $219
• Refurbished iPod touch, 32GB - was $499 | Save 37% off the original price: $319

Apple Certified Refurbished iPod classic (1G)

• Refurbished iPod classic, 80GB - Black or Silver - was $249 | Save 33% off the original price: $169
• Refurbished iPod classic, 160GB - Black or Silver - was $349 | Save 29% off the original price: $249

Apple Certified Mac Pros, Xserves, Cinema Displays, Apple Keyboards, Apple Mice, and more are also available.

View all of the Apple Certified Mac and iPod special deals at the U.S. Apple Store here.

Canadians: Apple Certified Mac and iPod special deals at Apple Store Canada here.

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Oct 10, 08 - 07:48 pm Comment from: R

Thanks, MDN. I appreciate the info as a reminder.

Oct 10, 08 - 07:54 pm Comment from: Mike T.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Apple Certified Refurb is the only way to buy. I've bought 4 PowerBooks and my MacBook Pro this way and my iPod is a refurb, too. No issues and they're really just like new. I use the extra money for RAM and other extras.

About ready to grab an Apple TV...

Oct 10, 08 - 08:00 pm Comment from: AllAboutTheBejamins

I agree, refurb is a great way to go, it's sad to see used gear with little or no warranty go for more than refurb prices on CL or Ebay, but it happens all the time.

Oct 10, 08 - 08:02 pm Comment from: halapeño

These prices are pretty consistent with what they've been for a while. Nothing special here.

I would anticipate those MacBook prices will be coming down even lower after next week's announcement on Tuesday.

And I concur that refurbs are a GREAT deal. I recommend them to people wholeheartedly. Maybe I'm lucky but I've had good luck with them and never been disappointed in over 15 refurb purchases.

Oct 10, 08 - 09:11 pm Comment from: shen

several refurb ipods here, but never a Mac yet, never had the one i needed when i needed it. i hope that changes....

though if the new notebooks are special i will have to wait a bit to get them at refurb!

and to continue the trend, never had an issue with them.

Oct 10, 08 - 09:26 pm Comment from: Jumpin' on the wagon...

Refurb'ed mac stuff - the best. Nothin' but positive comments and experiences.

Oct 10, 08 - 10:09 pm Comment from: BT

But they don't take the prices down even when there's a price cut. Look at the TV prices - they still list the original price of the refurb units as 299, even though the current price point is 229. It gets even worse with the cinema displays.

Oct 10, 08 - 10:09 pm Comment from: gmac

Halepeno,

The laptops refurb prices all dropped. But you are correct about the Desktop stuff.

Oct 10, 08 - 10:50 pm Comment from: iDon't

I love yard sales.

Oct 10, 08 - 10:56 pm Comment from: thethirdshoe

When last Apple introduced the new iMac, this "price drop" happened on the "refurbed" iMacs. The price of the refurb has to be lower than a new one. They have to clear out inventory some how.

I'm going with $849 as the entry point for the upcoming laptops on Tuesday, and to hedge it like a smarmy analyst would, no higher than $899.

Oct 11, 08 - 07:51 am Comment from: Green Leaf

In my family two refurbed e-macs running for basic internet, a refurbed 30gig iPod, a refurbed G5 iMac along with my my Macbook, Touch, and yes, even my old Lombard Powerbook is still running OS 9 and the old Photoshop. I refuse to pay Adobe their stiff price to upgrade. My revision A bondi blue iMac is in my mom's attic running in perfect condition so I can sell it on Ebay in 20 years. Also in my mom's attic is a PowerMac 7500, yes, still running!
I have never ran a virus program on any of those computers ever and have only had one hard drive die. That's it!
Don't tinker and you won't have any problems.
Mac and AAPL is the way to go. I just paid off my minivan last week, thanks to AAPL

Oct 11, 08 - 11:28 am Comment from: spiritbear

Have not bought anything but for over ten years, and tell all potential switchers they are wasting their money doing anything but purchasing through the refurb program. Not only have I never had a problem, but on occasion you will find that you actually receive a machine with higher specs than you paid for, ram, removable media, hard drive and yes, once even a processor bump. Apple Refurbished is the Best!

Oct 11, 08 - 05:20 pm Comment from: BillyBob@home

Greenleaf:

Computers kept in attics don't fare well through the years. The lack of airconditioning (either extreme heat and humidity or extreme cold) are really hard on the internal parts and can make the plastic bits brittle.

If you really want to resell them as classics in 20 years, they should be in a closet somewhere.

... and to the subject matter at hand, refurbished is a good way to go unless you have an educational discount, which is nice.

Oct 11, 08 - 05:23 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

I've bought a number of refurb macs, and helped most of my switcher friends do the same. Great products.

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