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Hello fellow mac lovers. I'm new to this forum. I recently started getting my hands dirty with macs and I gotta say that I'm really loving it. For the past couple of years I've been more of a PC guy. But recently I started repairing macs and I really like it.
The question I have today is: got this PowerBook G4 A1095, 15", 1.5GHz, 80GB, 512MB, ATI 64MB VRAM, superdrive. The laptop belongs to a coworker and he wants to sell it. He had it sitting in his closet for some time and decided to sell it and use the money to buy his wife a new MacBook/MacBook Pro.
I tested it out for him to make sure everything was running well. Turns out that the Hard Drive is no good (he mentioned it crashed way back which is why he stopped using it), and the left fan is broken (one of the fan blades is cracked).
Besides this, the laptop looks brand new. The screen is in perfect condition. The top case/keyboard are in perfect condition. The bottom case has one or two light scratches. The battery holds a full charge (surprising being that its been sitting around for so long (I guess because he had unplugged it from the laptop). It I were to rate the overall cosmetic condition of the laptop, on a 1-10 scale, I would say its a 9.5; not a full 10 because of the light scratches on the bottom.
So, would he get more money by selling it as a whole unit? Or selling each individual part (logic board, super drive, LCD screen, etc...)?
Sorry for the long post. And thanks in advance for any replies.
The question I have today is: got this PowerBook G4 A1095, 15", 1.5GHz, 80GB, 512MB, ATI 64MB VRAM, superdrive. The laptop belongs to a coworker and he wants to sell it. He had it sitting in his closet for some time and decided to sell it and use the money to buy his wife a new MacBook/MacBook Pro.
I tested it out for him to make sure everything was running well. Turns out that the Hard Drive is no good (he mentioned it crashed way back which is why he stopped using it), and the left fan is broken (one of the fan blades is cracked).
Besides this, the laptop looks brand new. The screen is in perfect condition. The top case/keyboard are in perfect condition. The bottom case has one or two light scratches. The battery holds a full charge (surprising being that its been sitting around for so long (I guess because he had unplugged it from the laptop). It I were to rate the overall cosmetic condition of the laptop, on a 1-10 scale, I would say its a 9.5; not a full 10 because of the light scratches on the bottom.
So, would he get more money by selling it as a whole unit? Or selling each individual part (logic board, super drive, LCD screen, etc...)?
Sorry for the long post. And thanks in advance for any replies.