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    Sold my MBP

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by CanadianDude, Jan 12, 2012.

  1. CanadianDude

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    Sold my MBP 15 inch 5.1 with a Core 2 Duo 2.53 ghz from late 2008. I owned it for 3 years and 12 days. It stuck with me during the good times and bad, I roughed it up here and there but it still kept on going. But once my T520 arrived with a decked out quad core and sata3 SSD, the MBP started to show its age and I had no use for it any longer. The T520 is here to stay.

    I put back the original 4 GB of ram (had 6), and the stock 320gb 5400rpm hard drive (Had a Seagate Momentus XT 500gb). I listed it on Craigslist for $1000, thinking I'd get lowballed to $700, which I would have accepted. Heck, I would even have accepted $600.

    To my surprise, I had somebody offer $900. Just for kicks, I said I would 'upgrade' the ram to gb6 and the hard drive to 500gb for $1000. He took it.

    So I got $1000 for a 3 year old computer. I'm amazed how well Macs keep their value....can't say the same for my Thinkpad, though.
     
    CanadianDude, Jan 12, 2012
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Yeah, Macs are awesome to re-sell. Don't forget to fix your sig :)
     
    Nick, Jan 12, 2012
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  3. darkloki

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    Well you're also in Canada so the Currency is a little bit different J/K ;)
     
    darkloki, Jan 12, 2012
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  4. shriek11

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    That is true as $1000 US would be too good of a deal here.
     
    shriek11, Jan 12, 2012
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  5. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not that much different.

    Cad$1000 ~= Usd$980
     
    saturnotaku, Jan 12, 2012
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  6. shriek11

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    And the early 2011 models around 400 more i think.
     
    shriek11, Jan 12, 2012
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  7. surge101

    surge101 Notebook Guru

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    How much did you pay for it originally?
     
    surge101, Jan 15, 2012
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  8. AppleUsr

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    grats. thinkpads are great computers. nice keyboards and I love the style.
     
    AppleUsr, Jan 15, 2012
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