WTF is up with used mac prices

[renz20003]

Was looking to find a used mac for $200 bucks and it seems all sellers have used corvette syndrome. As in they think its worth 75% of its value 6 years later.

 

[Ns1]

Cuz people will pay that much

 

[Mixolydian]

Macs have resale value.

 

[mshan]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2217919&highlight=emulex

 

[brianmanahan]

because macs are like m3s

people pay a lot more than they are worth

 

[Leros]

Macs only appreciate in value. C'mon brah.

 

[brianmanahan]

Macs only appreciate in value. C'mon brah.

my mac costs me 600$ a month

worth it

 

[Leros]

my mac costs me 600$ a month

worth it

Worth every penny, brah.

 

[renz20003]

because macs are like m3s

people pay a lot more than they are worth

Yeah for intel hardware too.

I could buy a new one and if I sell it a few months later I probably could get more then I paid for it based on their crazy resale logic.

 

[purbeast0]

Yeah for intel hardware too.

I could buy a new one and if I sell it a few months later I probably could get more then I paid for it based on their crazy resale logic.

so then do it.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Macs have idiot users.

FTFY

 

[renz20003]

so then do it.

I will, when micro center has a good open box special.

 

[Rakehellion]

What kind of Mac were you expecting to find for $200?

 

[child of wonder]

Because Macs are about status symbol and image as much as being a computer.

 

[Dirigible]

FTFY

You're just jelly, brah. If you had a Mac you'd know the truth. About macs. And everything.

 

[Jodell88]

What kind of Mac were you expecting to find for $200?

Chinese knockoff?

 

[dighn]

i don't get it either. they are just computers with the same disposable components inside, but you can't argue with the market.

 

[Jodell88]

You're just jelly, brah. If you had a Mac you'd know the truth. About macs. And everything.

I heard they give good head. :hmm:

 

[Dirigible]

I heard they give good head. :hmm:

So you know what I'm talking about. Brah. Your mom? Jelly.

 

[Rakehellion]

i don't get it either. they are just computers with the same disposable components inside, but you can't argue with the market.

I don't get the Mac hate. The computers are efficiently and ergonomically designed and competitively priced.

If all you all you care about are specs and commodity parts, then you should buy a computer made by Intel or Seagate.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

 

[dighn]

I don't get the Mac hate. The computers are efficiently and ergonomically designed and competitively priced.

If all you all you care about are specs and commodity parts, then you should buy a computer made by Intel or Seagate.

hold on one sec here, who said anything about Intel and Seagate?! you don't have to go there to get decent prices. AMD computers are an excellent compromise between cost and quality.

 

[MaxPayne63]

hold on one sec here, who said anything about Intel and Seagate?! you don't have to go there to get decent prices. AMD computers are an excellent compromise between cost and quality.

yea; cost and quality are both significantly lower.

 

[Rakehellion]

^I think I was making a point that a computer should be more than just the sum of its parts, but these PC users in their infinite wisdom weren't sharp enough to pick up on that.

Nice job having that fly over your head, champ.

 

[purbeast0]

pretty easy concept.

if macs weren't worth that much, people wouldn't pay that much for them.