What's an aluminum 12" PB worth?

[mccldwll]

(I think it's aluminum and not titanium)
867
40gb
640mb (512+128)
10.2
combo
restore cds
1 hr battery
good screen and kb
clean one-owner
Are these pretty good longterm portables?

 

[Blue Velvet]

Everymac.com puts it at $700-800

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_867_12.html

 

[Dustman]

(I think it's aluminum and not titanium)
867
40gb
640mb (512+128)
10.2
combo
restore cds
1 hr battery
good screen and kb
clean one-owner
Are these pretty good longterm portables?

If you're interested in selling, i'd throw OS X Tiger (10.4) on there just so people don't see 10.2 and think "eww, old and useless", but i'd put your lappy in the $600-$800 range on eBay. There's a lot of demand for 12 in. powerbooks lately since apple has yet to release an equivilent in size.

 

[mccldwll]

Thanks. Actually, someone has it for sale locally and I was interested. Why is the price/value that high when a refurb mb is about the same size/weight, more durable, warrantied and much faster?

 

[ham_man]

My goodness. If that laptop can get $700, then my later rev. model could probably fetch $1000, which is impressive because I bought it a two and a half years ago for $1600.

I love Macs...

 

[droo94]

My goodness. If that laptop can get $700, then my later rev. model could probably fetch $1000, which is impressive because I bought it a two and a half years ago for $1600.

I love Macs...

I'm thinking you and I probably have the same model (see my sig).

 

[synth3tik]

I'd say the price would be lower then 700, something around 400-500. You can get the 1.3G 12" for 600-700

 

[wako]

I'd say the price would be lower then 700, something around 400-500. You can get the 1.3G 12" for 600-700

my thoughts exactly...


for 867, that is way too slow. I would pay 800 for a 1.5Ghz, but never for a 867. Ebay probably agrees with me as well.

 

[JFreak]

12" prices seem to stay ridiculously high, because they're so useful machines. CPU speed does not matter much. Just buy one with large hard drive, upgraded memory etc.

 

[bartelby]

12" prices seem to stay ridiculously high, because they're so useful machines. CPU speed does not matter much. Just buy one with large hard drive, upgraded memory etc.

I agree, I think people will still pay $$$s for them because they're so portable.
People don't want to do hugely CPU intensive tasks on them. I still see loads of them in coffee shops.