On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 6:05:35 PM UTC-6, Lei Zhao wrote: > > > To answer Jason’s questions, OS X has changed a lot over recent versions, > especially Lion and Mountain Lion. But most of the major changes are > UI-related, like natural scrolling, mission control, etc. Missing them > could affect your productivity but shouldn't prevent you from doing > programming tasks. However, I won’t recommend an used Mac if it’s so > overpriced. 50% of the original price for a three year old is reasonable, > but I wouldn't pay any more than that. If you don’t have budget for a new > one, and you can’t find an used one, just keep using your Linux box. It > might not be as comfortable but wouldn’t prevent you from doing anything. > > Is it really possible to buy a 3-year-old Mac for half the price of a new one? A new MacBook starts at $1000, and a new Mini starts at $600. I see on Craigslist right now: 1. $950 !!!: ***2011 13" MacBook Pro, 2.7 GHz i7, 4 GB Memory, 500 GB Hard Drive*** 2. $325: MacBook Pro 4GB RAM, 320 GB HD 3. $100 !!! (very old computer): Apple Mac G3 PowerMac Desktop 4. $320: Apple Macbook 2.13ghz White Macbook 2009 5. $140 !!! (very old computer): Apple Mac Powerbook G4 Notebook -- Clean & New Battery 6. $1000 !!!: 15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz dual core i7 7. $375: MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.0 GHz Core Duo) 8. $230: Apple MacBook 13.3" Laptop - 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo - 120 HD - 2 GB RAM 9. $750 !!!: 15" Mac Book Pro (2010)
Is this normal? Do people really pay this much for a used Mac? Is there any point considering a used Mac? It seems that anything considered new enough is priced nearly as high or even higher than an entry-level new Mac. (And I get a warranty and the assurance of mint condition in the latter.) Anything that is substantially cheaper than a new Mac is an old clunker. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/dd8b27cf-2e79-456c-9a57-8766f2d732bb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
