Why are vintage Macs becoming...expensive?

WardC said:

There is a company in Riverside California called The NiCd Lady which will recondition your Macintosh Portable battery, install new cells, and ship it back to you.

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Thanks! I will look into that. I do wish there was a way first to know for sure that my Portable still works before paying the $$ for a battery as I got it without one, but oh well...

Devix

I found an old PowerBook 1400c which had dead battery of course but was able to sell it for a decent amount. I just felt a little dumb trying to navigate through the file system.

Just found an unopened Xserve on ebay!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-IN-BOX-...985312?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item43b45087a0

AlexBass said:

Just found an unopened Xserve on ebay!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-IN-BOX-...985312?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item43b45087a0

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It's from 2009 and has about zero collector value.

SkyBell said:

...I remember the pizza box LC's selling for near pennies on the dollar, and now they bottom out around $30 or $40. Mac Plus's for cheap - no longer.....

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I literally took a pickup truck load of LCs to the e-waste salvage yard a while back. Wish I knew they where worth $30 each.

But this is WHY they are worth so much now, as most are now gone to landfills and gold salvage in China there are fewer left on the market.

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cocacolakid said:

It's from 2009 and has about zero collector value.

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Yes but it is an 8-core xeon. They are still a powerful server. Not a collectable but still usable for video editing.

Thats why I make a lot of friends who are into computers, Because when they want to sell or have no use for a old mac they give it to me. Recently my friend gave me his Mac Mini 1.42ghz G4 with slim apple keyboard and mouse with cinema display for free

Lil Chillbil said:

Thats why I make a lot of friends who are into computers, Because when they want to sell or have no use for a old mac they give it to me. Recently my friend gave me his Mac Mini 1.42ghz G4 with slim apple keyboard and mouse with cinema display for free

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Is that the Aluminum Cinema Display?

Awesome setup and FREE?

yes

absolutely free

I also recently got a blackbook in the box for free from the same freind

Lil Chillbil said:

yes

absolutely free

I also recently got a blackbook in the box for free from the same freind

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Wow... stay on THAT friend's good side.

I try

I'm still using a G5 but soon to be replaced with a 13" MBP once I decide whether to upgrade (RAM & SSD) myself or buy the pkg.
PowerMax didn't want the G5 on trade but said there are many people who still want them because of some publishing software they use and maybe its worth $300-400.
Hopefully I will be able to find a good home for it when the MBP arrives.