Black Macbook...worth it?

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MrMacMini

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I have a coworker that just purchased a new MacBook Pro and wants to sell me his Black MacBook for $400. I believe its the Core Duo 2.00GHZ/512SDRAM/80GB HDD.

Is it worth buying? Its showing some wear, and the camera's not working. Is this still a good machine or should I just hold out and save for a better machine?

I dont know if its worth to price.
 
We don't know either, since you don't provide any helpful information (mainly what you use your machine for). All machines load facebook at pretty much the same speed.
 
That's not a bad deal, but like what miles said, it depends on what you're gonna use it for. I'm typing this on the same machine right now and it works fine for what I use it for which is just basic computing.

If you're gonna buy it I'd try to get it for $325 or 350 though, I bought this one for $420 in October '10 and it's the same except it has 2GB RAM and a 320GB HD, which are both pretty inexpensive (though certainly worthwhile) upgrades.
 
Sorry for not adding usage info. It will be used basic functions, internet, email, some basic photoshop, iMovie, etc. Nothing to major since I do most of my work on my iMac.
 
MrMacMini said:
Sorry for not adding usage info. It will be used basic functions, internet, email, some basic photoshop, iMovie, etc. Nothing to major since I do most of my work on my iMac.
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That would work fine for you, you will just want to max out your ram to 2gb
 
If it's a Core Duo like the OP believes it to be, then the max is 2Gb. The 3.3Gb support didn't arrive until the late-2006 refresh.
 
Thanks for the advice everyone, Ill try to offer a little less so I have room to upgrade RAM and HDD if possible.
 
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