The price of the 2010 MacBook has crashed. I think I'll get one for under $100 delivered. Add a SSD and some RAM.
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The price of the 2010 MacBook has crashed. I think I'll get one for under $100 delivered. Add a SSD and some RAM.
Yup. I noticed that. Half tempted to add one as a throwaway browsing thing but I have enough notebooks that I constantly get security warnings from Googe, Apple et al about signing into another device.
Here's an example of slight overpricing - a Pismo for only $866 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Po...917103?hash=item1a7890fb2f:g:WUoAAOSwlxxbzJY8 but it's OK because there is free shipping in the US
Cheers
Hugh
Oh dear, I've just seen his other Macs for sale
Yeah. That guy and his "buzzwords" in his descriptions make him fairly easy to avoid in searches. I just add all of his buzzwords to my search string and bingo... his listings are gone.
I wonder if he actually sells anything from his listings. They're so beyond the scope of reality that I'd be surprised if his listings aren't months, if not years, old...
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Inevitably, the prices do drop a bit as the listings linger and the sellers realize that their "vintage" machines aren't worth what they want for them. A $75 hinge for the Wallstreet will never sell to someone who collects, restores and can actually repair a Wallstreet, and that listing will eventually disappear as well. Prices ebb and bob with time, and we're currently in a ebb with $150 broken, flaking paint TiBooks and $400 Clamshells that'll gather dust. I also put a price range in my searches and never see these overpriced listings anymore.
I wonder what prices would be like if eBay still charged everytime something was relisted. Getting rid of that really opened up the overpricing floodgates.
Back on topic... FINALLY found a decently-priced Quadro FX4500 that I can flash, for $24. It has the L-shaped bracket on the back and the words "This item will be Shipped exactly as shown in the picture" in the listing. Boom.
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I was shocked to find he does - check his feedback, he's made a small fortune out the gullible...
Even less effort with better results: open advanced search and exclude his handle as a seller.
He does. There are feedback reports from recent buyers. Suckers are still being born each and every minute.
Even less effort with better results: open advanced search and exclude his handle as a seller.
He does. There are feedback reports from recent buyers. Suckers are still being born each and every minute.
I have my searches saved, and only learned recently that I could exclude specific sellers. I need to fix that someday.
People have always equated spending too much money and "spending power" as a status symbol; something I never have, nor never will understand until the day I croak. i guess it's just part of the "'merican dream" that they teach in public cattle schools...
Nah, it’s called stupid. If anything, by removing the listing fee, eBay has embraced a freer market ideology - one that will increase use due to ease & access, encourage higher listing prices & in the end make them (& seller) more money.
Smart cats.
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The Pismo arrived this morning, and, it lives !!
The battery won't charge, but I still have the 40 minute one from my old Pismo which seems to have charged up fine.
I have at least one 512mb stick of RAM, plus an Airport card in stock - I can't remember if I upgraded the firmware though but I'll soon know. I also found my Buffalo 54G PCMCIA card which may be better in the long run.
64GB SSD waiting to go in and I have the backup DVD I made with the old Pismo stuff on; I need to contact the seller and ask if he wants the documents and photos from the old 10GB HD before I format it.
Excited
Cheers
Hugh
The battery won't charge, but I still have the 40 minute one from my old Pismo which seems to have charged up fine.
I have at least one 512mb stick of RAM, plus an Airport card in stock - I can't remember if I upgraded the firmware though but I'll soon know. I also found my Buffalo 54G PCMCIA card which may be better in the long run.
64GB SSD waiting to go in and I have the backup DVD I made with the old Pismo stuff on; I need to contact the seller and ask if he wants the documents and photos from the old 10GB HD before I format it.
Excited
Cheers
Hugh
Won an auction on the shopgoodwill site. iMac G3 DV 400mhz, box, original accessories and all!
$36 after handling fee. I was sad at first as I saw it was local pickup only. It's in Hillsboro, OR. I'm in Beaverton, OR. I think a 10 minute drive is WELL worth it!. No HDD but we are swimming in 7200RPM IDE drives (2 of which are 80GB). And there's some leftover RAM from our G4 Cubes so it'll have 512MB at least!
$36 after handling fee. I was sad at first as I saw it was local pickup only. It's in Hillsboro, OR. I'm in Beaverton, OR. I think a 10 minute drive is WELL worth it!. No HDD but we are swimming in 7200RPM IDE drives (2 of which are 80GB). And there's some leftover RAM from our G4 Cubes so it'll have 512MB at least!
My best ever Ebay purchases were:
1. 20inch iMac G4 in immaculate condition for £29.30
2. Nextstation Turbo £70 (I rarely ever see these for sale in the UK)
3. G5 Dual core 2.3GHz £2.20
Also recently bought the following at a decent price:
iMac G3/400 DV Special Edition £30
Powerbook G4 1.5GHz £30
G5 Quad £41.00
Apple Ibook G4 1.42GHz £5.00
I am a cheapskate!
1. 20inch iMac G4 in immaculate condition for £29.30
2. Nextstation Turbo £70 (I rarely ever see these for sale in the UK)
3. G5 Dual core 2.3GHz £2.20
Also recently bought the following at a decent price:
iMac G3/400 DV Special Edition £30
Powerbook G4 1.5GHz £30
G5 Quad £41.00
Apple Ibook G4 1.42GHz £5.00
I am a cheapskate!
Congratulations! I saw that one the other day when I was browsing on there! I'm always happy when I've seen a cool Mac like that for sale and I see that someone on here picked it up, because I know it will go to a good home instead of being turned into a fishbowl or something else stupid.
(To be clear, I have no beef with using an old shell for a cool alternative project, but seeing fully-functioning models get gutted for such purposes bothers me on a level I don't fully understand
)My £20 15" DLSD has arrived and seems to be working OK - the flashing question mark was just down to the HD being formatted.
So as I already have a working spare battery it should only cost me some RAM (2 x 1GB for £5 on the way) to get this PowerBook fully functional.
Progress has been made on the Pismo but I'm trying to source a working PRAM battery, or work out how to make one.
Cheers
Hugh
So as I already have a working spare battery it should only cost me some RAM (2 x 1GB for £5 on the way) to get this PowerBook fully functional.
Progress has been made on the Pismo but I'm trying to source a working PRAM battery, or work out how to make one.
Cheers
Hugh
My £20 15" DLSD has arrived and seems to be working OK - the flashing question mark was just down to the HD being formatted.
So as I already have a working spare battery it should only cost me some RAM (2 x 1GB for £5 on the way) to get this PowerBook fully functional.
Progress has been made on the Pismo but I'm trying to source a working PRAM battery, or work out how to make one.
Cheers
Hugh
If that 15" DLSD doesn't have the RAM slot problem. Let us know if it works. Too bad that a single stick of 2GB RAM won't work in them.
Which slot is the bad one, because at the moment there's 512MB in the underneath slot, nearest the logic board?
Cheers
Hugh
I don't think the DLSDs had that problem - at least not endemically so. It was its predecessor with the same processor speed.
I've got a pair of those. Nice sound, a bit lacking in bass and volume despite appearances and the short USB lead makes positioning tricky on all but laptops. For my money, the best sounding USB powered speakers are still the venerable Logitech V20s and I have tried most of them.
You guys should pick up some KRK rockits. Nice clean transparent sound. The new G4 series has some cool features too.
I use some older rockit8s (the heavy square ones) & had their more expensive vxt big brothers but over all for average user great sound at an affordable price, I think the rocket 8s can’t be beat.
The smaller krk rockits I think sacrifice sonic clarity, space & balance - specifically in that price bracket, the 8s are where it’s at.
Didn’t scoop my 8s on eBay but I did get the pair for $150 locally which was great.
I use some older rockit8s (the heavy square ones) & had their more expensive vxt big brothers but over all for average user great sound at an affordable price, I think the rocket 8s can’t be beat.
The smaller krk rockits I think sacrifice sonic clarity, space & balance - specifically in that price bracket, the 8s are where it’s at.
Didn’t scoop my 8s on eBay but I did get the pair for $150 locally which was great.
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