Polycarbonate Macbook

[Craig]

A brother from church is buying a macbook pro to replace his 10 month old macbook. With the prospect of starting school this Fall, I will need a laptop. I would need it for word processing and the internet, primarily.

Here's his description of the macbook he's selling:

its a 2.4 ghz processor ( they don't put those in the white macbook anymore, you have to buy a macbook pro to get one now) it has 2gb of ram, and dvd-rw. It comes with all the original boxes and software. (os x 10.5, leopard) It is also still under warranty, so you would have until some time in august to extend the warranty an additional two years if you felt it necessary. It's only about 10 months old. I could sell it after the new one is here and I have transferred my information off of it.

What would a fair market price be for this lap-top? I have a feeling it may be worth more than I'm able to offer. I was thinking of offering about $300.00, but I don't want this brother to think I'm trying to be deceptive...this is the value I place on a used laptop given what I need it for.

 

[Jimmy the Greek]

Making an offer, even low-balling, is not deceptive per se. He can take it or leave it.

. . . But as to the realistic market value, I am not sure.

 

[jfschultz]

This would be the previous generation top-of-the-line aluminum uni-body MacBook. So to compare to the 13" MacBook Pro, it lacks the Firewire port and the SD slot. The battery is easily replaceable.

 

[Craig]

This would be the previous generation top-of-the-line aluminum uni-body MacBook. So to compare to the 13" MacBook Pro, it lacks the Firewire port and the SD slot. The battery is easily replaceable.

Do you think the used lap-top is worth $900.00?

 

[jfschultz]

This would be the previous generation top-of-the-line aluminum uni-body MacBook. So to compare to the 13" MacBook Pro, it lacks the Firewire port and the SD slot. The battery is easily replaceable.

Do you think the used lap-top is worth $900.00?

That would be a bit less than 2/3 of Apple's discounted price for the discontinued model sold as new as long as remaining supplies last.

 

[ClayPot]

You can get a new one with a slightly slower processor (2.16 GHz) but a better graphics card (I believe) for about $1000 from MacMall so $900 would probably be a little high, especially with Snow Leopard, the OS coming out very soon. You can probably get a student discount when your start school which would make things a bit cheaper.

 

[Idelette]

Also, right now....if you buy a macbook for school....Apple is throwing in a free ipod touch!

 

[Joseph Scibbe]

Also, right now....if you buy a macbook for school....Apple is throwing in a free ipod touch!

Correct me if I am wrong, but this is after you use a rebate form.

 

[Idelette]

Also, right now....if you buy a macbook for school....Apple is throwing in a free ipod touch!

Correct me if I am wrong, but this is after you use a rebate form.

Yes, its an online rebate!

Back to School: Buy a Mac, get free iPod touch - Apple Store (U.S.)