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illusioncm
Sep 16, 2003, 05:36 AM
Now that the new powerbooks are out, are you gonna sell your old one? If so, I want it! Or does anyone know where I can find a nice used one?
Thanks



djtet
Sep 16, 2003, 08:30 AM
Go to apple's website and go to the store page. then scroll down the page and you'll see a link to the left of the page called special deals - save. Here you will find refurbished apple products and I believe right now they have a few older refurbished powerbooks!

moby1
Sep 16, 2003, 09:16 AM
http://store.apple.com/

PowerBook G4 867MHz/256MB/40GB/Combo/E/12"TFT - Refurbished $1,199.00


Not a bad deal!

illusioncm
Sep 16, 2003, 03:31 PM
Aha..thanks guys. Does the new powerbook mean that the old one's (which are still in inventory) will be cheaper? Where can I find a brand new old (old as of today) model?
Thanks again!

iPegboy
Sep 16, 2003, 05:10 PM
Just go to an Apple store, or call 1-800-MY APPLE....they'll be able to hook you up with an old, but new one. I have bought refirbed...you get the same warrenty and they look brand new. Just a thought..

ColoJohnBoy
Sep 16, 2003, 06:10 PM
I'm considering, but I want to see reviews of the new 15" AlBook from reviewers and users. Considering I just bought my TiBook two months ago, there'd have to be some pretyt cool performance enhancements for me to sell and upgrade.

ExoticFish
Sep 16, 2003, 06:38 PM
i'm getting ready to through mine up on EBay.

the specs:

* 15" 1 GHz TiBook
* 512 MB ram
* 60 GB hard drive
* airport card
* Superdrive (oh yeah, it rocks!)

baught last November right when it came out so the warrenty is still in effect until this upcoming November.

i was thinking about asking $2000for it since the 15 now w/ similar specs is $2400

illusioncm
Sep 16, 2003, 06:39 PM
What the heck does TiBook and AlBook stand for? Titanium/Aluminum? Sorry...I'm mac illiterate as of now...is a TiBook the same thing as a PowerBook? What about the AlBook?

ExoticFish
Sep 16, 2003, 06:43 PM
yes, you got it right! see that intuition that comes along with being a mac user! TiBook is the Titanium Powerbook and AlBook is the Aluminum ones. =0)

ExoticFish
Sep 16, 2003, 07:50 PM
well, it's up on ebay now if anyone is interested.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2754066610

illusioncm
Sep 16, 2003, 09:11 PM
WTF...I would rather have Titanium! What's this Aluminum crap :P Also, did they get thicker? From 1" thick to 1 1/4"?? What's up with that? Hmmm...
Thanks for the info guys-

ExoticFish
Sep 16, 2003, 09:13 PM
i do agree that aluminum isn't anywhere near as cool as titanium, but i'm pretty sure that the 15" & 17" are actually thinner than 1" now, but the 12" is like 1 1/3" or something

Daveman Deluxe
Sep 16, 2003, 09:21 PM
The 17" has the same dimensions as before but gained one-tenth of one pound, making its weight 6.9 pounds.

The 15" is one-tenth of one inch thicker, at 1.1", and gained two-tenths of one pound, at 5.6 pounds.

The 12" maintains the same dimensions and weight.

Powerbook G5
Sep 16, 2003, 09:35 PM
They are slightly thicker/heavier by the most minute percents. I doubt real world perception could tell much of a difference, though. Besides, for an extra 250 MHz, APE, BT, 2x Superdrive, light up keyboard, FW 800, USB 2.0, bigger, faster HD, twice the L2 cache, etc, I definitely don't mind an extra .1" thickness and an extra .2 lbs. My G3 is so much slower and weighs a pound more!

revenuee
Sep 17, 2003, 01:49 AM
Originally posted by ExoticFish

the specs:

* 15" 1 GHz TiBook
* 512 MB ram
* 60 GB hard drive
* airport card
* Superdrive (oh yeah, it rocks!)


i was thinking about asking $2000for it since the 15 now w/ similar specs is $2400

Simular specs yes, but the Ti has no bluetooth build in, no airport extreme, no firewire 800, and no USB 2.0

1500 - 1800 seems more reasonable

ExoticFish
Sep 17, 2003, 02:18 AM
well i started having my doubts about my asking price too until two people e-mailed me asking questions because they were interested in using the "Buy It Now" for $1950 (i did drop $50 when i put it up on EBay)

Powerbook G5
Sep 17, 2003, 08:33 AM
Dude, even if you jack up the price, you can sell anything on eBay. My dad sold my sister's flower power iMac for $200 more than when he bought it new for her! He used to complain how expensive Macs were but I kept telling him "Just wait until you see how much you can get away selling them for".