I agree that your first course of action should be getting your MacBook to Apple (you can drop it off at a store or ship it to the company if the former is not possible) and, under AppleCare, get it restored to a better state.
Then, if you still want to sell it, you will probably be in for a sad surprise when you hear the price it can command. As your laptop is two years old, you need to compare what it has in it versus what one can get for the same price new: A brandy new MacBook 13, the nicest plastic body laptop I've ever touched is only $999 and the MacBook Pro I bought a few weeks ago is only $1199. They are both a whole lot faster, have more memory and bigger hard disks than were shipping way back in 2007. Also, take into account that a new machine will not have the scratches and the like on a used one. No one will really care about a carrying case or anything like that. I suggest a quick look at ebay for used Macs and find your model in the list to see what other people are getting. I would be willing to bet that, at most, they are around $250. Buying computers is worse than cars as six months after they are bought, they are worth about half the purchase price. With Apple's incredibly rapid deployment of new computers that are faster, have more memory and storage, their resale price drops precipitously every month. One thing about used Macs, though, is that their usable life (runs the latest OS, handles all of the updates to your favorite applications, etc.) is considerably longer than other brands. When one buys a brand new Mac, they are, in most cases, buying a machine that's way very powered for their actual needs. Over a few years, though, new software, OS releases and other cool things that come down the pike will work with the older Mac thus making its life expectancy for consumers much better than PC devices at the same price point (unless the PC is running Ubuntu or some other GNU/Linux distro which run nicely on 4 or 5 year old Dell desktops). So, unless you have a pressing need to get a more powerful computer, get your Mac fixed and keep using it as it is still a pretty hot device. cdh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
