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Where's the best place to get a used PowerBook?
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I really need to get a PowerBook - Now. Well, at least in the next 6 weeks. I'm starting to think that with the Intel changeover coming up, my best move might be to buy a used one, use it for a year or two, then upgrade.
Where's the best place to look for a used PB? I tried eBay, but a lot of those are too good to be true. Seeing many of those (Practically new PB's for $900) get yanked by eBay makes me even jumpier.
So, where does one look? I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
Mike
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Originally Posted by MichaelJPR
I really need to get a PowerBook - Now. Well, at least in the next 6 weeks. I'm starting to think that with the Intel changeover coming up, my best move might be to buy a used one, use it for a year or two, then upgrade.
Where's the best place to look for a used PB? I tried eBay, but a lot of those are too good to be true. Seeing many of those (Practically new PB's for $900) get yanked by eBay makes me even jumpier.
So, where does one look? I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
Mike
I'm looking on eBay and I don't see any powerbooks for $900.
Care to share where you're finding these? If you are looking at current bids, that's nowhere near what an auction ends at because most people place last-minute bids, especially on high-ticket items like PBs. eBay is actually a fairly reliable place to buy electronics, provide you screen the listings with some common sense.
My two cents.
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Here are a couple. What do you think of these? The REALLY cheap ones got yanked by eBay. For the others, I realize now that when I said, "practically new" it was probably hyperbole.
eBay auction number 5229026889 and 5797461068
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Originally Posted by MichaelJPR
Here are a couple. What do you think of these? The REALLY cheap ones got yanked by eBay. For the others, I realize now that when I said, "practically new" it was probably hyperbole.
eBay auction number 5229026889 and 5797461068
These don't seem to be unreasonably low in price.
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Great. Looks like I can get a really nice one then. Thanks for all of your advice.
Mike
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I'm considering selling my 15" PB. What kind of budget do you have? Mine's a fully loaded 1.5ghz with 2GB of ram, so it should pull at least $2k. PM/Email me if you're interested.
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Apple just listed a whole assortment of re-conditioned Powerbooks on their site. I believe they all come with Apple 1-yr. warranty.
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