Sell iMac, buy MBP?

[snakesqzns]

I have a 20" 2.16Ghz iMac/2GB RAM/250 HDD. It isn't under applecare.

Someone has just offered me $650 for it (without keyboard/mouse).

My thought is to sell it for $650 and put the money towards a $1299 refurbished MBP (2.4GHz/15"/9600M), and pay the rest of it off on a 12-month/no-interest finance.

1) Should I be asking for more for the iMac?
2) Should I just cross my fingers and hope the iMac lasts two more years without dying? What would it sell for in two years?

Thanks.

 

[brendu]

650 is prob. about right for the iMac... Im considering selling my iMac 2.4 320gig 3GBram for 800 to get some of they money back for the mbp i just bought...

but if you have to finance it id say just keep the iMac, unless you really need a laptop.. it should last you another 2 years no problem, you might want to spend 50-100 dollars and upgrade the ram, but thats your call...

 

[mgridgaway]

1) I think you could get $700-750 for it, depending on condition.
2) Unless the hard drive goes bad (which is always a possibility) I don't see why you couldn't get at least another 2 years out of it. Before I got my iMac, I was using a quicksilver from 2001, or about 8 years old.

Barring unforeseen problems, you could probably get about $400-500 for it in 2 years.

 

[snakesqzns]

650 is prob. about right for the iMac... Im considering selling my iMac 2.4 320gig 3GBram for 800 to get some of they money back for the mbp i just bought...

but if you have to finance it id say just keep the iMac, unless you really need a laptop.. it should last you another 2 years no problem, you might want to spend 50-100 dollars and upgrade the ram, but thats your call...

I don't need to finance. I just like zero interest financing, and the wife doesn't beat me up when she sees I spent $700.

 

[brendu]

oh well, in that case you should see what you can get for the imac and go for it... i love my 13"mbp so much i dont even use my imac anymore so im prob. gonna sell it

 

[alphaod]

If you're going to finance, don't use the Apple/Juniper card.

 

[snakesqzns]

If you're going to finance, don't use the Apple/Juniper card.

Bad experience?