SOLD: MacBook Pro

Jan 13, 2012 05:39

Sorry, this ship has sailed.

Since I got my iPad, I've used my MacBook Pro less and less.

It's more than four years old now, well out of warranty and AppleCare coverage, and in very good shape. We have a new family iMac, and filceolaire loves his 17" iMac and prefers to hold on to it, even though the MBP is newer.

It's running Lion, which has made it slow down somewhat, but I'm happy to retrograde it to Snow Leopard before selling it on. In fact, I'll take it to Apple for a complete service and make sure you're getting a machine that's as much like new as possible if you want to buy it. It's been an amazing computer, and I love its very guts, but I'm just not using it as much as I used to. My last Apple notebook lasted me nine solid years, and I'm sure this one has at least five more years of life in it. It will be happiest running Snow Leopard, so if you're invested in iCloud or PhotoStream, this might not be the machine for you. It's running Lion just fine for me, although I have noticed a bit of a slowdown, which might be because I make it do a lot of stuff at once, or might be because it really prefers the older system.

Its last battery began swelling a month or so ago, and because I was almost never taking it out of the house, I didn't replace it. A new battery for it will cost you about £80, I think, but feel free to check for yourself.

Specs:

MacBook Pro SN W87361SMX94
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 4GB (installed 2010, purchased from Crucial)
HD: Original 160GB drive
Display: 17" Anti-Glare (sweet!)
3 USB ports, 1 FireWire 800 port, 1 FireWire 400 port, Ethernet, Mini-VGA
SD card slot, SuperDrive DVD r/w

Repairs:

Main Logic Board replaced, April 2010 due to well-documented NVIDIA graphics issue which caused board to fail.

Battery replaced, February 2010 due to swelling.

This machine retailed for about £1,800. I'll take £900 OBO for it. Comparable machines seem to be selling on E-Bay for about £700, but trust me, nobody takes better care of a Mac than I do, the logic board is only two years old, and the display has never had a single problem. The only part you might worry about would be the hard drive. All hard drives fail eventually; stick an SSD into this lovely darling and it'll run like the wind.

Feel free to pass this message on to anybody who might be interested in a second-hand MacBook Pro in very good condition. I would say I'm limiting offers to UK only, but hey-- I'll be in San Francisco in March and I could be talked into transporting it for a guaranteed sale.

public, fs, apple, macbook pro

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