Has anybody gotten a refurbished MBP?..

Hi, I am trying to make the BIG change, but I see there are a few issues with the new release of the macIntel's.
And I was wondering of getting a refurbished one.
Has anybody gotten a refurbished MBP yet?
And what about the whine, is it there?
Well, I'll keep trying the Mac OS x86 until they make some fixes or a new generation appears.
n/a   Other OS   "Gracias al Todo y a todos"

welcome to the forum
a refurbished mac will run the same odds maye better than the new ones in terms of the heat and whine issues reported. personally, i beieve all OSX operating MBPS have the whine, simply it is at the edge of human hearing and comes and goes withthe CPUs usage. The heat issue is less common. While many are reporting VERY hot MBPs I have only seen a few that were really hot. As others have specualted this is probably due to too much paste on the processors.. making hte internal sensor not kick the fan on in time. this seems like a problem that you are less likely to get from a refurbished unit. In the past i have had nothing but excellent luck with apples refurb ubits and have a few in my business used by employees... apples support (despite what you a seem to hear on this forum) is far better than most and comes with the units amking them a stronger buy than ones through second parties.
My advice, buy a machine. if you notice it whining.. apple will proabbly adopt a solution similair to what XP has done with the core duo.. which is to shut it down (the second processor) and turn it on again based on load. this will be download fix and every MBP owner should benefit when they do this (whether they know it yet or not).
generally, it is a good idea to buy applecare if you are not really technically minded or would prefer the comfort of knowing the unit will be repaired at cost. since it is likely something was once reported wrong with the unit.. . i recommend you buy an extended warrenty...
make the switch.. i did 3 years ago.. and you will love not worrying about viruses, spyware, drivers, etc.... that is unless you load XP on your new toy!
good luck... and dare I say.. welcome to apple

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