Refurb with 2GB graphics or dual drives?

    I'd like to get a refurb imac before they are gone. I'd hold out for one with a 2GB graphics card and both an SSD and HD installed if I thought that configuration would ever come up but I wonder if they are reconfigured to a standard with 4GB mem, 1GB graphics card and either and SSD or HD. In the 27" i7 refurb iMacs that is all I ever see posted. I am not sure if that is simply because they are the most common thing or because Apple resets them to that common base.  I'd like to get the highest end refurb that is available. Anyone know if all refurbs are 4GB with either SSD OR 1TB drive and a 1GB graphics card or do some higher end imacs come up on the refurb list occasionally that might have both an SSD and a hard drive already installed?

The Apple refurbs are exactly as described in their individual listings.  You just have to watch the listings for an iMac that has the specifications you want.
Basically, most refurbs come furnished exactly as they were when originally delivered ... that is, very few will have specific upgrades beyond the original basic configuration of the model.

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