Buying used Macbook Pro from CraigsList - What To Check??

Hello Everyone,

I am pretty close to pulling the trigger on a used Macbook Pro off of craigslist. The guy offered for me to come check out the machine and inspect it before purchasing. So what should I check?

So far I have:
1. Run it unplugged to see how the battery holds up
2. Wifi / Bluetooth works correctly
3. Bring USB Drive to test USBS
4. Bring a DVD to test CD drive


What else should I check?


Thanks,


--Asif

I would check how many times the battery has been charged (cycled).

check for hinge can hold your screen up, another words the lid stays in one place.
check if the hard drive and ram is the specified one. with apple menu you can see the configuration.
check the serial number also matches the system one and under body.

Braven said:

I would check how many times the battery has been charged (cycled).

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How do I check this?

And get the original system install discs if at all possible.

Also have a read of this link, particularly about Coconut and it is available using Google:-


http://guides.macrumors.com/Laptop_Battery_Guide

Check to make sure all the keys on keyboard work
Wifi works (that's a given)
Coconut Battery is great to check the battery
Make sure charger works

As long as you do all that you should be fine. I've bought about 60 on craigslist in the past 7 or so months and haven't run into any big problems with any of them that wasn't priorly known about it.

A4orce84 said:

How do I check this?

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where do you find out the cycle count? - Apple Store (U.S.) <<<<<<<<<<<< click here