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jbachandouris

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I am debating on upgrading as I have just been informed by Barclay Bank (Apple Credit Card) that any Apple purchase over $1000 qualifies for 1 year no interest financing.

My MBP has had a clear spec snap on case from Day 1, so no scratches. It is 1 year and 2 months old and have 2 year Apple Care. This MBP has the 2.4 Core 2 Duo with a 250MB Hard drive and 4GB DDR3 memory. OS X Lion installed.

Obviously, since there is nothing wrong with it, I don't need to sell it, but I'm wondering what its worth and if its even worth it to upgrade since a new MBP is about $1200.
 
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Not sure about used values in the UK, here in Canada its worth between $550-650 used. If there is nothing wrong with it and it suits your needs, why even bother upgrading?
 
Check Mac2Sell, eBay, or Amazon for prices of equivalent models, to get an idea of what you may be able to charge.
 
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I bought one of these in June 2010 to mate with my 27" iMac. I sold both of these in Dec 2010 for a 15" MBP. I sold mine at the time, six months old, for $1,029 on ebay and included iWorks 09 loaded and six months of Apple Care. Now we have faster Sandy Bridge models that are approaching a year old. So I would expect getting no more than about $800 tops, probably closer to $700.

The reason for huge depreciation is that these use C2D CPU's - which is plenty of power for everyday tasks but these days....
 
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