donjeep22 All American 560 Posts user info edit post |
What is the potential worth of a 3 year old imac with a bad graphics card and/or logic board. My mom has been having issues with the mac for about 5 months and finally it stop booting to the OS. She saw green lines randomly when it still worked and after trying to reinstall the OS by formatting the drive failed she decided to buy a new Imac. My question is what do you think it is worth? Any help would be appreciated. 4/11/2010 10:22:00 PM |
Optimum All American 13716 Posts user info edit post |
zero. honest. 4/11/2010 10:35:08 PM |
occamsrezr All American 6985 Posts user info edit post |
jesus chris 4/11/2010 11:38:51 PM |
Golovko All American 27023 Posts user info edit post |
put it up on CL. It will be worth something to someone for parts. you'd be surprised. 4/11/2010 11:57:35 PM |
qntmfred retired 40817 Posts user info edit post |
^ 4/12/2010 9:19:00 AM |
Ahmet All American 4279 Posts user info edit post |
Apples tend to hold their value well. For about the past 6 years, I've bought an Apple laptop near the end of summer, and sell a year later for ~$1-200 less than I paid for it when I upgrade.
Then again you're asking about a 3 year old computer that's broken. As said above, I'd throw it on Craigslist and be happy to get anything for it, really... 4/12/2010 9:31:55 AM |
Lokken All American 13361 Posts user info edit post |
What about iMacs?
I have one that I bought at the beginning of last Fall. Everything is 100% working on it. Cost around 1300 i believe. 4/12/2010 9:33:46 AM |
Ahmet All American 4279 Posts user info edit post |
I've never bought a desktop before. I used to build desktops, then basically give them away when I upgraded, since a personally built aging desktop is nearly worthless.
Generally the best "value" in purchase price vs. resale is at the low end of most products. A 10 year old BMW is generally worth the same, if not less than a 10 year old Honda for example...
Anyway, good luck. 4/12/2010 9:59:04 AM |
tl All American 8430 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ Contains every Apple computer ever produced with approximate current value. 4/12/2010 10:08:12 AM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
ooh yay! i've been thinking about this lately.
i have a 20" imac i got in summer 2006. it's intel based fwiw. 320gb hdd, osx 10.5 (it came with 10.4). it's basically a giant hard drive b/c that's about all i do with it. i have a dell mini hackintosh i use 99% of the time, i just store pics on the imac. what do you think i could get for this if i was going to sell it? 4/12/2010 10:14:37 AM |
Golovko All American 27023 Posts user info edit post |
I recently sold an iMac ive had for a few years for $1000 but it was in working order. Put it on CL. 4/12/2010 10:42:53 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Then again you're asking about a 3 year old computer that's broken. As said above, I'd throw it on Craigslist and be happy to get anything for it, really..." |
4/12/2010 1:36:43 PM |
tl All American 8430 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ $600 or more, probably.
is it one of these? http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_cd_2.0_20.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac-core-2-duo-2.16-20-inch-specs.html
[Edited on April 12, 2010 at 1:37 PM. Reason : 3^] 4/12/2010 1:36:54 PM |
dave421 All American 1391 Posts user info edit post |
I don't know whether they sell them or not but there's always macs with bad logic boards on the Charlotte CL priced at $500-600. I don't know who the hell would pay that much for them but they're on there enough for that price that I'd probably try it at $500 for a week or so. 4/12/2010 1:42:00 PM |
Golovko All American 27023 Posts user info edit post |
Just look on the bright side, if you had a similar aged PC with similar specs but in full working order you'd get next to nothing if you're lucky. 4/12/2010 1:44:40 PM |
donjeep22 All American 560 Posts user info edit post |
For one thanks for all the responses. Do you think it is worth actually taking it apart and selling the parts one by one, or selling the entire unit as is? 4/12/2010 8:47:53 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Just look on the bright side, if you had a similar aged PC with similar specs but in full working order you'd get next to nothing if you're lucky." |
So it's pretty much even considering the price he probably paid for the Mac4/12/2010 9:16:06 PM |