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Should I buy my friends MacBook Pro
Hi, My friend has a MacBook Pro 2.16 Core 2 Duo with the X1600, and he says that he is thinking of selling it so he can get a new MacBook White because it runs faster (can someone verify this). I didn't ask him this, but I am thinking of buying it from him. I currently only have a Desktop PC (E8400, 4870) and this would be a nice lappie. If I am thinking about buying a Core i7 MacBook Pro Unibody at about August of next year, do you think I should buy this if get a price of around $600-$700 for it, I have not discussed buying it with him, so I dont have a price, what do you guys think he should sell it for? Thanks guys.
My Friend, in a word, NO.
The early MacBook Pro's are problematic concerning the video chip and the way it was soldered to the logic board (read "motherboard") There is also a nasty hidden "hibernate" setting which must be erased before it causes DEAD screens and no video output (lap will bong and start up, but video is NON-EXISTENT. Hard drive must be removed and put on another Mac, blah blah tons o' horse-s^!t for a $1300 machine, I say get a $300 Dell mini 10 and Hackintosh that f*cker, Snow Leopard RULZ
To reinterate, NO wait for the Gamma release, those Mac's were Alpha releases and problem children.
The early MacBook Pro's are problematic concerning the video chip and the way it was soldered to the logic board (read "motherboard") There is also a nasty hidden "hibernate" setting which must be erased before it causes DEAD screens and no video output (lap will bong and start up, but video is NON-EXISTENT. Hard drive must be removed and put on another Mac, blah blah tons o' horse-s^!t for a $1300 machine, I say get a $300 Dell mini 10 and Hackintosh that f*cker, Snow Leopard RULZ
To reinterate, NO wait for the Gamma release, those Mac's were Alpha releases and problem children.
But if my friend has no problems with it since he has been running it for 2 years without a problem, wouldn't that mean its fine?
...And you are ABSOLUTELY sure he is telling the ABSOLUTE truth, and just doesn't want the money...
I'm not saying he's telling lies, i'm saying John Nash won a Nobel prize for mathematical proof that everybody is out for themselves first and second and everybody else a distinct THIRD. Buyer Beware my friend, Caveat Emptor.
(of course you could pay him half up front and "use" it for a day or three, just to see if it's Heaven or what, just sayin')
I'm not saying he's telling lies, i'm saying John Nash won a Nobel prize for mathematical proof that everybody is out for themselves first and second and everybody else a distinct THIRD. Buyer Beware my friend, Caveat Emptor.
(of course you could pay him half up front and "use" it for a day or three, just to see if it's Heaven or what, just sayin')
I had this machine for about a year and eight months before the issues that Pubertoob described above (powers up fine, no display) happened to me. First time I've ever had an issue with an Apple product. I didn't have Applecare but I took into the store to have it diagnosed and get a price quoted. The dude at the genius bar confirmed what I had already known (logic board failure) and started to "fill out the paperwork". At this point, I thought it was pretty bold of him to assume that I wanted to fix it, but when he came back with the invoice, the repair was fully covered. I don't know if this is normal, but just thought that I would share my experience.
Sold mine to my sister for $850 after the repair. I think I could have gotten a little more on eBay. Overall, if you could get it for under $700 I think it would be a pretty good deal (depending on the condition, of course).
Sold mine to my sister for $850 after the repair. I think I could have gotten a little more on eBay. Overall, if you could get it for under $700 I think it would be a pretty good deal (depending on the condition, of course).
