Ah well she also has this keyboard issue and that'll seriously affect the price since only either someone with the knowledge/skill and access to parts or someone who just wants spare parts. However, interestingly the Mac Mini, even the G4 models are still commanding a price of about $250 on the high-end. So, the Mac does seem to hold it's value more so than PC machines. However, a notebook of any type will not fetch as much as a desktop perhaps do to it having the ability to be carried about. You are correct that she just needs to get it fixed and soon before the warranty expires. On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> > I agree that your first course of action should be getting your MacBook to > Apple (you can drop it off at a store or ship it to the company if the former > is not possible) and, under AppleCare, get it restored to a better state. > > Then, if you still want to sell it, you will probably be in for a sad > surprise when you hear the price it can command. As your laptop is two years > old, you need to compare what it has in it versus what one can get for the > same price new: > > A brandy new MacBook 13, the nicest plastic body laptop I've ever touched is > only $999 and the MacBook Pro I bought a few weeks ago is only $1199. They > are both a whole lot faster, have more memory and bigger hard disks than were > shipping way back in 2007. > > Also, take into account that a new machine will not have the scratches and > the like on a used one. No one will really care about a carrying case or > anything like that. I suggest a quick look at ebay for used Macs and find > your model in the list to see what other people are getting. I would be > willing to bet that, at most, they are around $250. > > Buying computers is worse than cars as six months after they are bought, they > are worth about half the purchase price. With Apple's incredibly rapid > deployment of new computers that are faster, have more memory and storage, > their resale price drops precipitously every month. > > One thing about used Macs, though, is that their usable life (runs the latest > OS, handles all of the updates to your favorite applications, etc.) is > considerably longer than other brands. When one buys a brand new Mac, they > are, in most cases, buying a machine that's way very powered for their actual > needs. Over a few years, though, new software, OS releases and other cool > things that come down the pike will work with the older Mac thus making its > life expectancy for consumers much better than PC devices at the same price > point (unless the PC is running Ubuntu or some other GNU/Linux distro which > run nicely on 4 or 5 year old Dell desktops). > > So, unless you have a pressing need to get a more powerful computer, get your > Mac fixed and keep using it as it is still a pretty hot device. > > cdh > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
