<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">It still doesn’t solve my problem. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 30, 2019, at 9:26 PM, Tom Henderson <<a href="mailto:thenderson@extremelabs.com" class="">thenderson@extremelabs.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">The inventory fluctuates, admittedly. My last machine, an MBA,
was purchased from there, but suffered from the stupid keyboard
problem, which went out just after Apple Care expired. Eventually,
I fixed it, and it sits in the lab awaiting times when nothing
works better than macOS in a test situation. <br class="">
</p><p class="">This said, I have two colleagues that found the refurb deals
cheaper than their Apple university prices. None of theirs has had
a problem. <br class="">
</p><p class="">Refurbs appear quickly. Might help. <br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/30/19 9:20 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arnieswap@gmail.com">arnieswap@gmail.com</a>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">I don't think they will have 'refurb' products the
same day they ship pre-order for the machine I want. Never been
a fan of a refurb. I see your point, but it doesn't solve my
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 7:45
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<div class=""><p class="">For whatever reasons, people return machines. Apple
re-manufactures them. They look no different from a
retail-packaged machine. The specs are very important to
your work, so selections should be made to follow your
exact requirements. They cost about 10% less, sometimes
more. If there's something ugly, it's always noted, but I
haven't seen an ugly note in years. Although I don't buy
Apple any more, others that I've recommended have had very
good results.</p><p class="">Tom</p><p class=""><br class="">
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5/30/19 7:33 PM, <a class="gmail-m_7879441976310088491moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arnieswap@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">arnieswap@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">What do you mean by the refurb store? Are
these brand new latest machines? </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 30, 2019
at 7:32 PM Tom Henderson <<a href="mailto:thenderson@extremelabs.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">thenderson@extremelabs.com</a>>
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<div class=""><p class="">I don't know of a program that does that. Apple
does offer (via paypal credit), decent deals,
especially through their refurb store, <a class="gmail-m_7879441976310088491gmail-m_216699822592961144moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/macbook-pro" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/macbook-pro</a>
and I've shopped there before, and recommend it
for taking some of the sting out of retail prices.
Apple Care is suggested.</p><p class="">Tom</p><p class=""><br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Hello All
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<div class="">Considering my line of work, where I am
mostly traveling, I prefer having the most
powerful MacBook on the block. Apple just
released a new MacBook Pro and I would love to
upgrade to it (I upgraded to Vega 20 model in
Jan this year). However, I don't want to go
through the hoops of selling old devices. Is
there any way I can stay on the latest Apple
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