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Are you being less "careful" with your MBP now that its time to sell it and upgrade?

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Bobby Corwen

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I was eating some greasy salami slices and then I barely wiped my hands off before touching the keys and they got a bit oily and then I realized something...

I dont care anymore.

Now that I know the trade is imminent this machine doesn't feel like my baby anymore and I kinda feel less OCD about it. Its almost time...
 
If anything i would care more, people would much rather buy a second hand Macbook in optimum condition than one covered in Salami grease ;)
 
I treat my MacBook pro the same all the time. And it usually doesn't include being "extra careful". More or less the same as my other (PC) laptops
 
I may have just picked up my 13" MBP, but I wiped most of the gunk off my fingers before using my six year old MacBook. Of course it was white, and the white cases show everything... Now I'm hoping that I don't get buyers remorse over something in the refresh...
 
Well I can still clean everything and make it perfect before delivering it to its next owner.

I am just saying I usually have OCD with it because its so shiny and pretty and I clean it every week to make it perfect for my own daily enjoyment of eye candy.

Normally I would go wash my hands before touching the keys, but since I know Im only gonna have it for a few more days....

eh.....
 
Treating mine very nicely... always with a thought to trade in value.
 
most people just naturally do not touch their keyboard while eating "greasy salami"

you however are the exception
 
Bobby Corwen said:
I was eating some greasy salami slices and then I barely wiped my hands off before touching the keys and they got a bit oily and then I realized something...

I dont care anymore.

Now that I know the trade is imminent this machine doesn't feel like my baby anymore and I kinda feel less OCD about it. Its almost time...
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People like you are the reason why I keep purchasing greasy keyboard Macs on Craigslist.

Stop it! For the love of cleanliness. Think of the children who will use the keyboards... think of the children!
 
No - YOU are the reason why YOU keep purchasing greasy keyboard Macs on Craigslist. :D

aCondor said:
People like you are the reason why I keep purchasing greasy keyboard Macs on Craigslist

Stop it! For the love of cleanliness. Think of the children who will use the keyboards... think of the children!
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Bobby Corwen said:
Well I can still clean everything and make it perfect before delivering it to its next owner.

I am just saying I usually have OCD with it because its so shiny and pretty and I clean it every week to make it perfect for my own daily enjoyment of eye candy.

Normally I would go wash my hands before touching the keys, but since I know Im only gonna have it for a few more days....

eh.....
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I'm wondering..... What if you decided to stick with your current MBP & wait for the next update after not being overly impressed with Thursday's update? :confused: :eek: No offense, but aren't you "screwed" for being less careful with your current MBP? :confused: :eek:
 
SPEEDwithJJ said:
I'm wondering..... What if you decided to stick with your current MBP & wait for the next update after not being overly impressed with Thursday's update? :confused: :eek: No offense, but aren't you "screwed" for being less careful with your current MBP? :confused: :eek:
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No chance of that happening though...

???

are you kidding me?
 
My three week old Macbook Pro i7 4g 15" hires antiglare is being babied right now just in case I need to sell it. I have 8 charges on the battery and no scratches.
 
jamesarm97 said:
My three week old Macbook Pro i7 4g 15" hires antiglare is being babied right now just in case I need to sell it. I have 8 charges on the battery and no scratches.
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Why would you "need to sell it so soon" ? An impulse purchase? Financial hardship? Bored already?

Me? I wouldn't think of eating greasy salami, you've got to value yourself more than that :)
 
Bobby Corwen said:
I was eating some greasy salami slices and then I barely wiped my hands off before touching the keys and they got a bit oily and then I realized something...

I dont care anymore.

Now that I know the trade is imminent this machine doesn't feel like my baby anymore and I kinda feel less OCD about it. Its almost time...
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Which model do you have?
 
Man why do people treat their laptops. Like lunch trays my sister does this is makes you laptop look hideous
 
Bobby Corwen said:
2010 13 2.6 maxed out switching to the new 15 maxed
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This is probably why he is selling it. I am ok with mine, keeping it for a while. it does what I need it to do. I have the i7 2.6 with HR AG screen 8GB of Ram and 256SSD buying and optibay for 1TB addition.
 
skasol said:
This is probably why he is selling it. I am ok with mine, keeping it for a while. it does what I need it to do. I have the i7 2.6 with HR AG screen 8GB of Ram and 256SSD buying and optibay for 1TB addition.
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With the Honda-like resale values of MBPs there no reason not to have the latest one every year. If you upgrade the RAM and HD you can even make profit while always having the latest and greatest specs.
 
axu539 said:
If I were selling my machine, I'd take BETTER care of it.
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This was how I was. When I decided I was selling it, I was super careful with it and didn't bother taking it out. Luckily, my decision to sell it, to backing up things, to prepping it to be sold only was like 2 days. My Craigslists ad only lasted 1 hour haha. Was really glad to be "rid" of it, only so I didn't have to worry about it. Now I need a laptop asap!!
 
Bobby Corwen said:
With the Honda-like resale values of MBPs there no reason not to have the latest one every year. If you upgrade the RAM and HD you can even make profit while always having the latest and greatest specs.
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This may work for people with lots of money, not for me. I don't want to keep buying things over and over. I rather buy the latest and greatest and keep it for a while. that's is usually how I have most of my things at home. my watches, tv's, cars etc. I buy the best I can afford and make that initial investment the first time. but good luck selling and buying every year it works for some and not for others. The only thing I sell almost every year is my iphones. just because I usually tend to make money of them.
 
skasol said:
This may work for people with lots of money, not for me. I don't want to keep buying things over and over. I rather buy the latest and greatest and keep it for a while. that's is usually how I have most of my things at home. my watches, tv's, cars etc. I buy the best I can afford and make that initial investment the first time. but good luck selling and buying every year it works for some and not for others. The only thing I sell almost every year is my iphones. just because I usually tend to make money of them.
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Well, I definitely don't have lots of money but laptops and reselling (CL/eBay) is kind of my hobby. I've been nearly making money on my laptop purchases for the past two years. I mean, take my 2010 I just sold... bought new for $999 so say $1050 after tax. Being able to use it for the past 7 months and I bought a $70 upgrade to 8GB ram which I left in it after I sold it for $1100. Not bad to have the next newest MBP. Likewise with the previous years as well.
 
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