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Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo?
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The going rate is much more than $150. The minis have held their value insanely well.
It's probably because of how versatile they are. Who do you that can just pick up their desktop with such ease and move it into the living room to the tv?
MacBook= Worth it.
I paid 140$ for mine, even worser condition, bad hinges, bad screen, missing keys, case destruction, and the 1.25gb of ram is an added plus, I had only 512mb on mine. What color and more info. I say go for it.
Also, you could try to haggle the price down, by offering arbitrary things such as data recover and an OSX disc or something, like I did. I lowered it 20$ by installing a Tiny7 (Hacked Windows 7 Install, no key needed) on his current mbp.
I paid 140$ for mine, even worser condition, bad hinges, bad screen, missing keys, case destruction, and the 1.25gb of ram is an added plus, I had only 512mb on mine. What color and more info. I say go for it.
Also, you could try to haggle the price down, by offering arbitrary things such as data recover and an OSX disc or something, like I did. I lowered it 20$ by installing a Tiny7 (Hacked Windows 7 Install, no key needed) on his current mbp.
I've been in contact with the seller and seen a photo. Looks like the screen did not survive the trip back from Ontario. The bad news is he left the power adapter there. The good news it that it is being shipped to him and will contact me when it arrives.
If everything goes as planned I hope to remove the broken screen and use the Macbook as a headless laptop for a home theater. Probably set up with XBMC, FrontRow or some such similar program and stream files from my Mini.
If everything goes as planned I hope to remove the broken screen and use the Macbook as a headless laptop for a home theater. Probably set up with XBMC, FrontRow or some such similar program and stream files from my Mini.
Yes, Inverter. My MacBook's screen has some uneven backlighting at cold boot, is that the inverter?
Yeah screens are dirt cheap these days if you buy just the panel. I also found some 20$ screens that are guaranteed to work but have some scratches on them.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-MacBook-A1181-LTN133W1-L01-13-3-GLOSSY-SCREEN-RD_W0QQitemZ250558052926QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a566c7a3e#ht_2378wt_1167
I paid zero dollars for my screen because I had it in my parts, after I received the two water damaged macbooks.
Yeah screens are dirt cheap these days if you buy just the panel. I also found some 20$ screens that are guaranteed to work but have some scratches on them.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-MacBook-A1181-LTN133W1-L01-13-3-GLOSSY-SCREEN-RD_W0QQitemZ250558052926QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a566c7a3e#ht_2378wt_1167
I paid zero dollars for my screen because I had it in my parts, after I received the two water damaged macbooks.
they are actually $30, but still 1/2 the price of the other screens
and you are lucky, the only mac things i got from friends was a nano w/ a smashed screen and a pb 140, they won't even sell me their broken macbooks!. i might get an iphone that only has 1/2 a working touchscreen though
and you are lucky, the only mac things i got from friends was a nano w/ a smashed screen and a pb 140, they won't even sell me their broken macbooks!. i might get an iphone that only has 1/2 a working touchscreen though
I think I just might. If I can get one for less than $50 there is almost nothing to lose. Now I just play the waiting game for the Macbook Adapter.
In the meantime...I have picked up a Mac Mini G4 1.25/1GB/Combo/Airport with a dead HD. I am trying to bring it back to life but no luck yet.
In the meantime...I have picked up a Mac Mini G4 1.25/1GB/Combo/Airport with a dead HD. I am trying to bring it back to life but no luck yet.
That is a step I plan to try down the road. Right now I plan to try Disk Warrior as it can 'see' the drive but not access it. I ran Disk Utility - First Aid but was stopped by an 'Invalid Sibling Error'. Some Googling has suggested that Disk Warrior may work. I have not tried a format yet of the drive but I am hoping to pick a few files off the drive for the previous owner before I go down that road.
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