What to do with old 2006 Mac Pro?

[errol]

I'm having trouble selling a Mac pro 2006 on craigslist.

It has:

2x2ghz Processors
9GB RAM
3x250GB drives (two are in a RAID)
The optical drive is dead
Stock GPU
No WIFI/Bluetooth

I've been asking $400. Is this too high?

If it doesn't sell, I was thinking of upgrading the internal drives to more space and using it as a time machine / NAS, however I am thinking the machine is cumbersome and consumes a lot of power.

 

[designs216]

I'm having trouble selling a Mac pro 2006 on craigslist.

It has:

2x2ghz Processors
9GB RAM
3x250GB drives (two are in a RAID)
The optical drive is dead
Stock GPU
No WIFI/Bluetooth

I've been asking $400. Is this too high?

If it doesn't sell, I was thinking of upgrading the internal drives to more space and using it as a time machine / NAS, however I am thinking the machine is cumbersome and consumes a lot of power.

The NAS/TM/media server idea might not be so bad if you tuck it away in a closet or basement. Maybe you could donate it to a local school and write it off the $400.

 

[errol]

The NAS/TM/media server idea might not be so bad if you tuck it away in a closet or basement. Maybe you could donate it to a local school and write it off the $400.

I like the tax deduction idea! Unfortunately, the owner of the machine does not itemize deductions.

 

[designs216]

I like the tax deduction idea! Unfortunately, the owner of the machine does not itemize deductions.

Does he like to grill?

 

[dan1eln1el5en]

I got almost the same (a bit more RAM and HDD) tried to sell it for around the 400 USD as well, didn't get me any intrest, I used it recently to finish a big job worth 3-4000 USD...so I'm going to try to sell it again for something like 200 USD and hope some one feels they need a pretty good stationary machine.

(My replacement of that machine is a mini from 2011...sorry to say it outperformce my old pro )