[jyl]

I've bought iMacs, iBooks, iPods and iPhone refurb, actually I try to buy refurb as it is cheaper. The products come w/ full warranty, full and apparently new packaging, exact same software load, I've never been able to notice any difference from brand new - maybe some tiny use marks but less than I proceed to create in 2 days. That is assuming you buy refurb from the Apple site. Buying refurb from someone else, I dunno.