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How Do MBPs Keep Up Such Good Retail Value?

MICHAELSD

MICHAELSD

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I just saw an almost like new 2.33GHz model with nothing special included from one and half years and two (almost three) generations ago go for $1800 on eBay. How do Macs keep up such good resale value? For $200 more someone could've gotten a new 2.4GHz MBP with an 8600M GT, a refurbished model, or waited for the Montevina refresh. That sounds great to be able to sell a one and a half year old year-old Mac and only pay $200 more to get a completely new one that will be a lot faster (for games and 3D modeling at least). How do Macs keep up such good resale value, even with cheaper refurbished models and similar $2k models?
 
Kool-aid plus a healthy dose of reality distortion field every few months. :p

The truth of it is that people want Macs and will buy them. That keeps prices higher and is a good thing for people like me that like to upgrade once per year. :D
 
Same reason a nice Ferrari from 10 years ago keeps it's value unlike a Honda or Ford
 
Its simply because of the software. This is why even the age old g4 chipsets that are equivalent to Pentium III in performance are still selling for $800-$900 on the 15" and 17" powerbooks.

Old hardware + OSX = still runs great especially now since intel it runs really fast even if its a generation or two older.
 
If Acer gets a Ferrari computer and Asus get a Lamborgini computer, I think Apples would be the Rolls Royce of computers.
 
I bought a Core Duo MacBook when they came out, and sold it for $100 less than I bought it for two years later, and all I threw in was a $40 sleeve.

I was excited... and upgrading to a MacBook Pro cost me a lot less than I had planned.
 
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