In Lake Windowsbegon, all the refurbished Macs are fast, well-configured and all the deals are above average. Take, for example, the $469 Mac mini with 2.3GHz (i5), 2GB RAM, 500GB hard disk, Thunderbolt, HDMI and eligible for the OS X Mountain Lion up-to-date program.

Alternately, check out the late model refurbished MacBook Pros available at Amazon and GameStop — all kinds of goodness and savings there.

• [11] Mac mini 2.3GHz i5, $469 (599)
— 2GB, 500GB, Thunderbolt, HDMI, HD Graphics 3000
— Eligible for OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program

• [11] Mac mini 2.5GHz i5, $549 (799)
— 4GB, 500GB, Thunderbolt, HDMI port, AMD Radeon HD 6630M
— Eligible for OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program

• [09] 13-inch MacBook Pro 2.4GHz, $725
— 4GB, 160GB, GeForce 9400M, SuperDrive
— OS X Mountain Lion installed, $8.99 ground
— CoachElectronics refurbished via Amazon

• [09] 13-inch MacBook Pro 2.0GHz, $749.99
— 2GB, 160GB, Geforce 9400, SuperDrive
— Apple Certified Factory Refurbished via GameStop

• [11] Mac mini w/ Lion Server 2.0GHz quad-core i7, $759 (999)
— 4GB, Dual 500GB, Thunderbolt, HDMI port, HD Graphics 3000
— Eligible for OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program

• [09] 13-inch MacBook Pro 2.53GHz, $799.99
—  4GB, 250GB, Geforce 9400, SuperDrive
— Apple Certified Factory Refurbished via GameStop

• [12] 11-inch MacBook Air 1.7GHz i5, $849 (999)
— 4GB, 64GB SSD, 720p FaceTime camera, HD Graphics 4000
— Eligible for OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program

• [12] 11-inch MacBook Air 1.7GHz i5, $929 (1099)
— 4GB, 128GB SSD, 720p FaceTime camera, HD Graphics 4000
— Eligible for OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program

All models in stock when published. ACFR, Apple Certified Factory Refurbished, [09] 2009 model year, [11] 2011 model year, [12] 2012 model year.

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