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What's an aluminum 12" PB worth?

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mccldwll

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(I think it's aluminum and not titanium)
867
40gb
640mb (512+128)
10.2
combo
restore cds
1 hr battery
good screen and kb
clean one-owner
Are these pretty good longterm portables?
 
mccldwll said:
(I think it's aluminum and not titanium)
867
40gb
640mb (512+128)
10.2
combo
restore cds
1 hr battery
good screen and kb
clean one-owner
Are these pretty good longterm portables?
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If you're interested in selling, i'd throw OS X Tiger (10.4) on there just so people don't see 10.2 and think "eww, old and useless", but i'd put your lappy in the $600-$800 range on eBay. There's a lot of demand for 12 in. powerbooks lately since apple has yet to release an equivilent in size.
 
Thanks. Actually, someone has it for sale locally and I was interested. Why is the price/value that high when a refurb mb is about the same size/weight, more durable, warrantied and much faster?
 
My goodness. If that laptop can get $700, then my later rev. model could probably fetch $1000, which is impressive because I bought it a two and a half years ago for $1600.

I love Macs...😀
 
ham_man said:
My goodness. If that laptop can get $700, then my later rev. model could probably fetch $1000, which is impressive because I bought it a two and a half years ago for $1600.

I love Macs...😀
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I'm thinking you and I probably have the same model (see my sig).
 
I'd say the price would be lower then 700, something around 400-500. You can get the 1.3G 12" for 600-700
 
synth3tik said:
I'd say the price would be lower then 700, something around 400-500. You can get the 1.3G 12" for 600-700
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my thoughts exactly...


for 867, that is way too slow. I would pay 800 for a 1.5Ghz, but never for a 867. Ebay probably agrees with me as well.
 
12" prices seem to stay ridiculously high, because they're so useful machines. CPU speed does not matter much. Just buy one with large hard drive, upgraded memory etc.
 
JFreak said:
12" prices seem to stay ridiculously high, because they're so useful machines. CPU speed does not matter much. Just buy one with large hard drive, upgraded memory etc.
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I agree, I think people will still pay $$$s for them because they're so portable.
People don't want to do hugely CPU intensive tasks on them. I still see loads of them in coffee shops.
 
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