mac mini server late 2012 price

[mlody]

I am poking with the idea of selling my mac mini server 2.3 Ghz late 2012. I had ambitious plans to turn this mac into home storage/media center, but few years passed and I never got around it and I do not feel like I will at this point.

Originally the mac mini came with 2x 1 TB, but I replaced one of the HDD with Samsung 850 Pro 256GB. I also upgraded the memory to 16 GB. I can include Apple wireless keyboard and mouse to make a better deal, but I am unsure what should be my asking price for the system. One thing to note, I no longer have the box as I am not a guy that keeps empty boxes around. Any suggestions for the price?

Thanks

 

[jtara]

I am poking with the idea of selling my mac mini server 2.3 Ghz late 2012.

Originally the mac mini came with 2x 1 TB, but I replaced one of the HDD with Samsung 850 Pro 256GB. I also upgraded the memory to 16 GB. I can include Apple wireless keyboard and mouse to make a better deal, but I am unsure what should be my asking price for the system. One thing to note, I no longer have the box as I am not a guy that keeps empty boxes around. Any suggestions for the price?

I should lie, tell you it's worth $500, and make an offer.

Too bad it's not a 2.6gHz. But, otherwise, this is a highly-desired model. You will probably get what you originally paid for it.

It is a "server" only because it came with the 2x1TB and a server license (no longer needed - Apple changed the licensing, and for most users there is no point in the bloat from the "server" software). So, I wouldn't make much of it being a "server" model.

The memory doesn't really boost the price much, as you can cheaply retrofit it with non-Apple memory if it came with 4GB or 8GB.

The drive is a good drive, but too small.

Buyer is unlikely to want/need the keyboard or mouse.

This would be attractive to app developers. I use a late-2012 2.6gHz i7 with 1TB OCZ Vector 180 and 16GB RAM.

Don't ask us - look at completions on eBay. You have to log-in, then when you search check "show completed auctions only".

Put it on eBay with no reserve. It will be scary until the last hour.

 

[Beachguy]

Put it on eBay with no reserve. It will be scary until the last hour.

I had a friend sell a computer he had a while back, listing with a minimum of $500. With 5 minutes left he had a high offer of 650- in 5 minutes, went up to over $1500. (This was not a cheapie assembly, FWIW.) Watching them close on something good is really wild.

 

[bigfatipod]

About six months ago, I picked up a 2012 quad i7 for a bit under 1k. It's got 16gb ram and 2tb fusion. It's a great machine.
That being said, I wouldn't pay that amount again for it. Over the past couple of months, I've gone from someone that doesn't mind/prefers sticking with older software into someone that realizes you don't really have that option any longer. In particular, I've begun seeing more issues with Aperture crop up. The 2012 still flies, but I probably won't get many years out of it, as I had hoped.

 

[mlody]

Somehow it didn't cross my mind to check ebay - go figure. I will probably try to sell it locally, but if that is no go, I might be forced to go ebay route. I will try to get it all prepped this weekend and see what happens.

 

[talmy]

Surprisingly, these actually make good servers. The quad-core i7 made it the most powerful mini made. I was running a Windows VM on mine but not anymore so it really loafs with the 4 cores. For server use, replacing the 1TB HDD with the 250GB SSD is actually a negative. Sure it starts faster but startup time isn't important when the system runs 24/7. The extra RAM is welcome since it gets used as a disk cache. Keyboard and mouse are superfluous.