2nd Hand Macbook Price

storka

Hi Guys

I have been offered a 2nd Hand Macbook from a friend and was wondering could you tell me what kind of price it might be worth. I have seen it and its in fairly good condition.

Specs as follows:

Macbook 13.3/2.4/BLK/CTO
Z0FL

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
250GB Serial ATA Drive@5400rpm
SD 8x(DVD+R DL/DVD+RW/CD-RW)
No iWork Pre-installed
KYBD/MACOS-GBR
Apple Remote
Country Kit-GBR

It also comes with Microsoft Office Mac Home Student and 1 year of Applecare.

Any help much appreciated!

NUTZZ

If it's in good condition it's worth between €550 and €600. Its good little machine!

whiterebel

NUTZZ wrote: »

If it's in good condition it's worth between €550 and €600. Its good little machine!

That would seem high to me anyway. the Black 2.4GHz was released Feb 08 and replaced Oct 08 which makes it 2 years old, backed up by the one year APP left on it. I suppose the APP would bring up the value, but at €1000 for brand new, or €800 for a refurb, I know what I'd be buying.

NUTZZ

whiterebel wrote: »

That would seem high to me anyway. the Black 2.4GHz was released Feb 08 and replaced Oct 08 which makes it 2 years old, backed up by the one year APP left on it. I suppose the APP would bring up the value, but at €1000 for brand new, or €800 for a refurb, I know what I'd be buying.

I don't think its too high, and I'm not sure why you're comparing it to an €800 refurb? €500 for a decent spec MB is excellent if you're on a budget.

Hobbes

This site ranks it at 600 euros.

http://www.mac2sell.net/permalink/?id=7a2b54cf41e58771dcba97c9591d622a

That doesn't factor in the apple care or software. If the machine is in good condition and still a year left on Applecare then that would be a reasonable price.

Macs tend not to devalue as fast as a Windows PC does.

whiterebel

NUTZZ wrote: »

I don't think its too high, and I'm not sure why you're comparing it to an €800 refurb? €500 for a decent spec MB is excellent if you're on a budget.

You didn't say €500....so taking your suggested €550-600, only €200ish to come up to a brand new machine. €500 including APP would be ok, but there was a terrible integrated graphics card with those Macbooks.

Strange that mac2sell site. I put in exactly he same details and it came to €640??? It doesn't even allow that its a generation back, so I wouldn't trust their prices.

NUTZZ

whiterebel wrote: »

You didn't say €500....so taking your suggested €550-600, only €200ish to come up to a brand new machine.

Even if he got it for €600, it's still €400 less than a new MacBook. What you're saying is he can get a brand new MB for €800?

Hobbes

whiterebel wrote: »

Strange that mac2sell site. I put in exactly he same details and it came to €640??? It doesn't even allow that its a generation back, so I wouldn't trust their prices.

you have to pick the exact country as it factors that in as well. I've sold two so far at those quoted prices from that site.

Sad Professor

Aside from the crappy graphics card, the specs are very good, better than my MBP and it's only a year old. The old plastic case would knock the price back more than anything else, but at least it is black. If it was in perfect condition (and the buyer didn't care about the graphics) I definitely think it could be sold for 550. But those old cases didn't hold up too well and won't into the future, so I'd be pushing downward.

whiterebel

NUTZZ wrote: »

Even if he got it for €600, it's still €400 less than a new MacBook. What you're saying is he can get a brand new MB for €800?

The refurb white MBs regularly go on the Apple Website for €799, so yes.

NUTZZ

whiterebel wrote: »

The refurb white MBs regularly go on the Apple Website for €799, so yes.

Clearly we have different understandings of the terms 'brand new' and 'refurb'....

OctavarIan

NUTZZ wrote: »

Clearly we have different understandings of the terms 'brand new' and 'refurb'....

When it comes to Apple, buying refurb is very often the better choice.

To use the new iMac as an example. A lot of people who bought brand new ones had problems with yellow tint on their screen. When Apple perform QA they check one iMac per batch, if it's OK the whole batch gets the OK, so defective systems can and do slip through. With refurb however they replace the defective part with a brand new one and perform full QA, on every machine.

So when you're buying refurb you are buying a machine with 100% brand new parts, that has undergone more QA than the machines they ship out en masse. For cheaper too

Refurb all the way.

Sad Professor

^ I agree - but the iMac yellow tint issue is a bad example. The refurbs in that instance were in many cases even worse than the new machines because Apple didn't seem to think the yellow tint was an issue. Most of the iMacs that got returned because of the yellow tint were resold as refurbs. I'm not sure if Apple have recognised and corrected this issue yet. The yellow screens seemed to be a consequence of the backlight design Apple use in their LED screens.

whiterebel

NUTZZ wrote: »

Clearly we have different understandings of the terms 'brand new' and 'refurb'....

Yep, I go with Apple's definition. In a lot of cases, the machines are returned within the 14 day grace period. Not all that come back are defective, and certainly not more than 14 days old.

NUTZZ

OctavarIan wrote: »

When it comes to Apple, buying refurb is very often the better choice.
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I'm not disagreeing with you there, was just merely trying to clarify the difference between a brand new machine priced at €999 and a refurb at €799!