Refurb Mac Pro's

FirebarUK · 14 Mar 2009 at 10:24

Hi guys,

Anyone know where to get Refurb mac pro's (other than through Apple), or a good place to get previous generations (clearances etc)? I'm currently looking for one of the old octo-cores.

I presume this is ok to ask as OCUK don't sell any Apple stuff.....

Thanks

LordSplodge · 14 Mar 2009 at 10:38

KRCS (Google it as I won't provide a direct link just in case it breaks the rules!)

Feek · 14 Mar 2009 at 11:16

Scrumpy Macs are worth a look

FirebarUK · 14 Mar 2009 at 11:25

Thanks guys, I'll have a dig around.

Am I right in saying I could purchase an extended warranty from Apple for a certain amount?

v0n · 14 Mar 2009 at 13:48

Mac Pros are rare sight on refub sites as they were built to order. If they failed, they would be taken and repaired. So as such there aren't that many units people would bring back to the shop, pick up another model and Store was left with something to refurbish. Usually unless they built a number of them for demos at shows there weren't any in refurb section of online Apple Store.

That said, are you looking for a particular price limit or?

geekyEd · 14 Mar 2009 at 16:12

FirebarUK said:
Thanks guys, I'll have a dig around.

Am I right in saying I could purchase an extended warranty from Apple for a certain amount?

I doubt they would let you as it would be second hand from another retailer.

FirebarUK · 14 Mar 2009 at 17:10

That said, are you looking for a particular price limit or?

I have about £2000 to play with (absolute tops). I'm not particularly impressed with the price of the new revision and would ideally like as many cores as possible, although I wouldn't necessarily sniff at a quad.

I doubt they would let you as it would be second hand from another retailer.

Oh right, so you can't just slap it onto any Mac which has no warranty left?

Feek · 14 Mar 2009 at 17:47

I thought you could add the extra Applecare to any Mac whether you were the original owner or not, as long as it's within a year of it being sold by Apple.

I did on my secondhand Mac Pro.

LordSplodge · 14 Mar 2009 at 17:53

Feek said:
I thought you could add the extra Applecare to any Mac whether you were the original owner or not, as long as it's within a year of it being sold by Apple.

I did on my secondhand Mac Pro.

Yes you can and you could also save money buy buying the AppleCare from an AppleCare reseller.

LordSplodge · 14 Mar 2009 at 17:53

FirebarUK said:
I have about £2000 to play with (absolute tops). I'm not particularly impressed with the price of the new revision and would ideally like as many cores as possible, although I wouldn't necessarily sniff at a quad.

Oh right, so you can't just slap it onto any Mac which has no warranty left?

Do you also need a screen?

Feek · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:00

LordSplodge said:
Yes you can and you could also save money buy buying the AppleCare from an AppleCare reseller.

Mine came from eBay and I got it when the exchange rate was around 2:1 so I got a really good price. I also picked it up for my AppleTV as well for about a fiver

v0n · 14 Mar 2009 at 20:28

You can still find (although it's harder and harder) new octo 2.8Ghz for a quid under £1600. I know a place in north london that consitantly make errors in their adverts calling dual quads vel "dual Xeons" and still haven't got rid of their last batch. 8Gb of memory from crucial will cost you £202 ( -7% if you go via quidco). Then get cheapest 512Mb ATI 4870 you can find and flash it with EFI rom. Two mac pcie cables and for a tad under £2000 you have a pretty swift monster.

FirebarUK · 14 Mar 2009 at 22:42

Do you also need a screen?

Not really.

You can still find (although it's harder and harder) new octo 2.8Ghz for a quid under £1600. I know a place in north london that consitantly make errors in their adverts calling dual quads vel "dual Xeons" and still haven't got rid of their last batch. 8Gb of memory from crucial will cost you £202 ( -7% if you go via quidco). Then get cheapest 512Mb ATI 4870 you can find and flash it with EFI rom. Two mac pcie cables and for a tad under £2000 you have a pretty swift monster.

That would be pretty much exactly what I'm looking for