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"Cheap" Mac Pro? ($1500)
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If you can find two of them let me know I have watched just about every auction on Ebay for the last 6-8 months looking for one and that $1900 you see is the lowest I have ever seen one go for if my memory serves me well.
Yeah, that's all I've seen too. Does ANYBODY know where we can find a $1500 Mac Pro?
craigslist, but beware. maybe purchase with a finance option from a retailer (look around for offers).
I just looked on craigslist for my area, most of them sell for about $1700. I sent an email to a few people, offering them $1550, but I'm not sure if they'll go for it.
Some nut was selling one local to me for $1000 on Craigslist, I emailed him right off to buy it and he replied he was out of town until Saturday afternoon. I emailed him again Saturday morning and he said he had sold it to someone else.
The nerve! I wanted to flip it for $2K... (2.66x4 w/10GB RAM and 2x500GB Drives)
The nerve! I wanted to flip it for $2K... (2.66x4 w/10GB RAM and 2x500GB Drives)
I'll almost certainly take some flak for suggesting it, but have you considered building or buying a Hackintosh? I'm sure something like the Psystar OpenPro would be comparable to the single-processor base Mac Pro, and for substantially less coin...
If cost is a major issue, it might be worth pursuing?
If cost is a major issue, it might be worth pursuing?
Whoever is looking for a mac pro that cheap is in luck..
my friend just sold me 5 of his mac pros that he had for his home music studio because he was about to lose his house and sold them to me for a mortgage payment.
I'd sell the mac pros for around 1500 depending on where you live since there's no way i need that many computers with that much power.
PM me if interested.
my friend just sold me 5 of his mac pros that he had for his home music studio because he was about to lose his house and sold them to me for a mortgage payment.
I'd sell the mac pros for around 1500 depending on where you live since there's no way i need that many computers with that much power.
PM me if interested.
scammer? no no.
since i got these mac pros they're my first macs ever
and now i'm just barely getting into the whole apple thing.
been into PC's.
so if you look at this forum and also the apple insider forums i'm just new there also
and i don't know how to set up PMs in this forum. how do you?
since i got these mac pros they're my first macs ever
and now i'm just barely getting into the whole apple thing.
been into PC's.
so if you look at this forum and also the apple insider forums i'm just new there also
and i don't know how to set up PMs in this forum. how do you?
just go into the User CP (top left link at tje top of this page) and set it to enable in the options in the lefthand column.
Checked Amazon Marketplace?
FWIW, I got my Mac Pro (first gen., 2.66x4 cores) for $2000 a year and a half ago from the Marketplace - looks like it was 'open box' which, when I did the warranty check, meant 3 months old - but Apple gave me a new date of sale for the warranty (and then I bought an eBay AppleCare).
Worth a shot.
FWIW, I got my Mac Pro (first gen., 2.66x4 cores) for $2000 a year and a half ago from the Marketplace - looks like it was 'open box' which, when I did the warranty check, meant 3 months old - but Apple gave me a new date of sale for the warranty (and then I bought an eBay AppleCare).
Worth a shot.
When I was looking to purchase my MP, I originally wanted a used 2.0x4 or 2.66x4, since I needed the RAM, storage, and card expandability more than the processors.
After looking around, I realized that the used prices were not justified in my opinion. I began to look at the 2.8x4 refurbs, but ended up getting the 2.8x8 refurb because the price difference was very small. The 8-cores allowed me to take much more advantage of virtualization, and now I could not be happier.
I would assume there will be a flood of used 2.66 MPs after the next update, for those who choose to skip a generation between updates.
After looking around, I realized that the used prices were not justified in my opinion. I began to look at the 2.8x4 refurbs, but ended up getting the 2.8x8 refurb because the price difference was very small. The 8-cores allowed me to take much more advantage of virtualization, and now I could not be happier.
I would assume there will be a flood of used 2.66 MPs after the next update, for those who choose to skip a generation between updates.
Hello forum! I am new here.
I was searching Google with the query "cheap mac pro" and stumbled across this thread. I read that a user that posted had several Mac Pros that they would be willing to sell. I hastily joined, as my attempts to find a Mac Pro have been less than... productive.. until this point.
Why would I like to have one, you ask?
Long story short.. I bought a computer (not Apple) for $5400. It doesn't work, and the company will not give me my money back. So... I figured this time around.. I'd go with Apple. But since I'm already out that much money, I really don't have a whole lot of cash to work with...
Advice?
I was searching Google with the query "cheap mac pro" and stumbled across this thread. I read that a user that posted had several Mac Pros that they would be willing to sell. I hastily joined, as my attempts to find a Mac Pro have been less than... productive.. until this point.
Why would I like to have one, you ask?
Long story short.. I bought a computer (not Apple) for $5400. It doesn't work, and the company will not give me my money back. So... I figured this time around.. I'd go with Apple. But since I'm already out that much money, I really don't have a whole lot of cash to work with...
Advice?
Yes. The brand new m17x.
I had always wanted one, but.. now.. heh. It kind of shot down all my dreams, you know? I spent years pining over one.. and now.. here I have one.. that can only be used as a paperweight.
And they refuse to do anything about it.