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Darwin
2005-08-31, 00:29
The DVD is broken its just ejecting anything you put in it what do you think i should pay for this?

Luca
2005-08-31, 00:34
What?

It must be a 15". The very earliest model of 17" PowerBook was an aluminum (not titanium) running at 1 GHz. Anyway, assuming it's a 15", 500 MHz PowerBook G4 with a broken DVD drive, I'd only estimate its worth at a couple hundred dollars.

Darwin
2005-08-31, 00:45
Its a widescreen, i was pertty sure it was 17 but yeah metallic i just needed to know hes asking 750 any disk you pu in the drive just spits back out and does not mounbt

Brad
2005-08-31, 00:50
750 American dollars? That's highway robbery for the 15" Ti.

As for the 15" Ti versus 17" Al, which of these looks more like it?

http://apple-history.com/images/models/pbg4.jpg
15" Titanium

http://apple-history.com/images/models/pg4_17.jpg
17" Aluminum

The 15" Ti pictured isn't really that dark in real life, though.

Darwin
2005-08-31, 00:58
Yeah, its widescreen but i guess its 15 or whatever.. but yeah i figured 750 was a bit much espeically with a broken dvd drive

Brad
2005-08-31, 01:07
Even with a working DVD drive, 750 is still a bit much.

It has an ATI Rage 128 Mobility with 8 MB that can't even do Quartz Extreme, the standard hard drive is a measly 20 GB, and it is over four and a half years old. Sure, it was a great machine for its day and still looks fantastic, but for performance it's a snail compared to even today's low-end iBooks.

FFL
2005-08-31, 01:08
for a 500 MHz?
$500 with everything working.

$400 maybe if it has an AirPort card and lots of RAM.

Tell him "good luck on eBay" and let the renegotiating fly.

Luca
2005-08-31, 01:21
EDIT: I'm slow.

ZOMG Brad, triple post! Impressive!

DMBand0026
2005-08-31, 01:37
ZOMG Brad, triple post! Impressive!

Yeah...I was gonna say. I've seen double posts, but I think we have a new record!

I checked eBay and people are barely getting $400 for a fully working model. Don't let that guy cheat you, $750 is way too much. If you want a notebook, get a new iBook. Only a few hundred bucks more and it's a much better computer.

Brad
2005-08-31, 01:49
ZOMG Brad, triple post! Impressive!
These aren't the posts you're looking for.

http://www.project-think.com/images-3/thesearentthedroidsyourelookingfor.jpg

sunrain
2005-08-31, 07:38
I don't see any triple post. Move along.



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