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What are those things on the left and right of older macbook pros?

arctyler said:
I am looking at this macbook pro on craigslist, no idea what year it is or what not, and it has these speaker looking things on the left and right side of the keyboard, what are they? Also does anyone know what the date of this laptop is? Thanks
http://albany.craigslist.org/sys/3983514117.html
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First of all, it is a 15 inch not a 13 inch like the seller says. Second, those are speakers. Every single 15 and 17 inch MBP has had them. Finally, it is between 2009 and 2012.
 
Is it just me or is this guy braindead? I am pretty sure the 13" didnt have those things next to the keyboard

EDIT: Wizard ^^^
Btw thanks brah
 
arctyler said:
I am looking at this macbook pro on craigslist, no idea what year it is or what not, and it has these speaker looking things on the left and right side of the keyboard, what are they? Also does anyone know what the date of this laptop is? Thanks
http://albany.craigslist.org/sys/3983514117.html
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Speaker grilles (help let sound out).
Ask the seller what the year/specs are on it (480 depending on the specs you may be ripped off).

I don't remember a 13" ever having the speaker grilles (only the 15" and 17') so it might be an inaccurate description on the sellers part. However, I am not a 13" expert, so ask someone else.

Maybe what you could do is ask for the "About this Mac" menu (the advanced one). Should help you with your questions. Be careful. It's a pretty shady listing... make sure he gives you ALL the info/specs about it. Maybe the S/N too.
 
astroboy907 said:
Speaker grilles (help let sound out).
Ask the seller what the year/specs are on it (480 depending on the specs you may be ripped off).

I don't remember a 13" ever having the speaker grilles (only the 15" and 17') so it might be an inaccurate description on the sellers part. However, I am not a 13" expert, so ask someone else.

Maybe what you could do is ask for the "About this Mac" menu (the advanced one). Should help you with your questions. Be careful. It's a pretty shady listing... make sure he gives you ALL the info/specs about it. Maybe the S/N too.
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The thing is probably stolen... Any idea how to check for that? Also what do you mean when you say "480 depending on the specs you may be ripped off"?
 
astroboy907 said:
Speaker grilles (help let sound out).
Ask the seller what the year/specs are on it (480 depending on the specs you may be ripped off).

I don't remember a 13" ever having the speaker grilles (only the 15" and 17') so it might be an inaccurate description on the sellers part. However, I am not a 13" expert, so ask someone else.

Maybe what you could do is ask for the "About this Mac" menu (the advanced one). Should help you with your questions. Be careful. It's a pretty shady listing... make sure he gives you ALL the info/specs about it. Maybe the S/N too.
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Also if I do go look at it, should I actually tell him its a 15" or should I just check out the specs?
 
arctyler said:
The thing is probably stolen... Any idea how to check for that? Also what do you mean when you say "480 depending on the specs you may be ripped off"?
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No way to tell it was stolen (apart from checking the S/N with some popular reporting sites but it may not be listed). I have seen quite a few eBay listings similar to this from people with decent feedback so it could just be the seller didn't really want to look into specs and stuff... Theres a bottle of something on the table in one of the pics so that might be part of the reason ;) Worth a question to see how long he has had the computer or how he obtained it. Ask if he has been the sole owner and if so if he has the receipt (serial will be on the receipt I think).

I meant $480 in terms of price (what he is asking). For a 13", depending on the specs, it could be worth $300 or $1000. So you don't want it to be the former!

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arctyler said:
Also if I do go look at it, should I actually tell him its a 15" or should I just check out the specs?
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Umm... thats up to you I guess. Not sure. Lol I've only done a craigslist laptop deal once...

Edit: The other thing is that the listing could be of a 13" and he simply re-used pics from the internet. But from his pics it looks like a Mid '09 or newer 15" MBP

Double edit: one of the pics seems to be taken from a wikipedia commons page
The other 2 pics don't show up as far as I can tell with google image search so perhaps they are genuine images.
Triple edit: found one on a russian site
Edit (MOAR!): last image here (and seems to be a widely used image)

My opinion would be to steer clear!
 
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astroboy907 said:
I don't remember a 13" ever having the speaker grilles (only the 15" and 17') so it might be an inaccurate description on the sellers part. However, I am not a 13" expert, so ask someone else.
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My 2009 13" MBP doesn't have speaker grills. I believe none of the 13" models have.

I haven't look at the pictures, but I would take others' advice and avoid it.
 
the first picture is a 13" (no audio line in).

(unless there are 15"s that don't have one either that i'm not aware of?)
 
Pretty good price if not stolen, wouldn't be surprised if it was already sold
 
First picture is of a 13" model, second and third are of a 15" model.

The pictures are not original:
All pictures seem to be taken in different places. Especially with the second and third picture this is a bit strange. Why would the seller take two very similar pictures of the same computer on two different desks? They also look like they are taken with different cameras.

I would be very cautious.
 
astroboy907 said:
No way to tell it was stolen (apart from checking the S/N with some popular reporting sites but it may not be listed). I have seen quite a few eBay listings similar to this from people with decent feedback so it could just be the seller didn't really want to look into specs and stuff... Theres a bottle of something on the table in one of the pics so that might be part of the reason ;) Worth a question to see how long he has had the computer or how he obtained it. Ask if he has been the sole owner and if so if he has the receipt (serial will be on the receipt I think).

I meant $480 in terms of price (what he is asking). For a 13", depending on the specs, it could be worth $300 or $1000. So you don't want it to be the former!

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Umm... thats up to you I guess. Not sure. Lol I've only done a craigslist laptop deal once...

Edit: The other thing is that the listing could be of a 13" and he simply re-used pics from the internet. But from his pics it looks like a Mid '09 or newer 15" MBP

Double edit: one of the pics seems to be taken from a wikipedia commons page
The other 2 pics don't show up as far as I can tell with google image search so perhaps they are genuine images.
Triple edit: found one on a russian site
Edit (MOAR!): last image here (and seems to be a widely used image)

My opinion would be to steer clear!
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VERY nice detective work brah... thanks for the help, I coulda just got my a** shot up and jumped in downtown Schenectady for $480 bucks lmao

EDIT: Now the fun part, time to call him for the lulz, ask him if it has one of dem der super alien chips in it with the doohicky motherboard
 
proper procedure will be to get the serial number, check apple site, get concrete mbp model and go from there. If it is too good to be true, keep away.
 
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