Is this Mac Pro worth the $250 they're asking?

[jhawksone]

Year 2008​

x 2 CPU 2.8 GHz 8 Core 8 thread​

SSD 120 GB​

HDD 500 GB.​

Ram 16 GB.​

GPU GT210 1 GB.​

Bluetooth , Wifi Build-in​

Key Board, Bluetooth 3.0 (ของเทียบเท่า)​

Mac OS 10.11.6​

One month warranty
I'm in Thailand and the Mac Pro is as well so no shipping or customs

 

[opeter]

You know, that this is a 14 years old computer?

Mac Pro "Eight Core" 2.8 (2008) Specs (Early 2008, MA970LL/A, MacPro3,1, A1186, 2180): EveryMac.com

Technical specifications for the Mac Pro "Eight Core" 2.8 (2008). Dates sold, processor type, memory info, hard drive details, price and more.

everymac.com

If it is worth it? Well, it depends if it doesn't have any problems.

They say that all things are worth as much as someone pays for it/them.

 

[appltech]

As for me no, it's not worth $250. Yep, seller thinks that this is Apple with its pricing. But he should also speak to his mind

 

[DaveP]

It has an SSD and 16 GB RAM, but I would not pay $250 for this.

 

[MacPoulet]

I wouldn't pay that for a 2008 these days.

 

[jhawksone]

Can you give an amount for an offer you would say that it is worth? What price have you seen for a comparable Mac Pro?

 

[MacPoulet]

Can you give an amount for an offer you would say that it is worth? What price have you seen for a comparable Mac Pro?

I got my 2009 Mac Pro for $150 CDN about five years ago. I just noticed you’re in Thailand so the local market may very well be different over there and maybe this ends up as a decent price?

*edit* typo.

 

[Successful Sorcerer]

What are you going to do with it? The latest OSX you can use is El Capitan (I think) which doesn't receive security updates anymore since 2018. I wouldn't feel safe doing banking or anything with sensitive info/data. In my opinion this Mac Pro isn't suited for professional stuff anymore and too outdated for regular use.

 

[saudor]

Not sure what electricity prices are over there but this definitely chews a nice ton. a 404 on single core is less than half of a consumer/non-pro i5 from 2011

What other options are available? Maxing out is 10.11.6 is also going to be a problem for app support. Technically, you could patch it but if you are willing to do that, you might as well build a newer hackintosh to run the greatest and latest.

 

[MacBH928]

I wouldn't pay $250 for it. It probably doesnt run any modern mac software.