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07/21/2010 11:46:13 PM · #1

Dual boot MacBook Pro 15.1
Buying it from a guy here in AK that decided he wanted a smaller screen for more portability.
Off the top of my head (can't recall every last thing he listed):

Windows 7 installed on dual bootable drive
200 gig hard drive
4 gigs of RAM
magnetic power cord
backlit keyboard
great graphics card
includes the DVI to VGA Adapter and a firewire cable

The hard drive is not as big as the one in my current laptop, but since I am getting this one just to use as a backup and to acclimate myself to Mac it should be fine.
The price is negotiable yet...what do you Apple heads think it should be worth?

07/21/2010 11:49:03 PM · #2

How old is it? The new ones just came out about a month ago.

07/21/2010 11:53:58 PM · #3

2 yrs old - last one made before the unibody ones. The guy upgraded everything on it to the tops ( best graphic card etc) except the hard drive which can still be increased. I'll probably do that myself.
I can't afford a new one.

Message edited by author 2010-07-21 23:54:45.

07/22/2010 12:05:34 AM · #4

I found this site that helps value older mac products.

//www.mac2sell.net/

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

07/22/2010 12:14:06 AM · #5

Thanks! According to the site, not even considering this one has a dual bootable system, it would be worth $920.
The seller is asking only $750, negotiable.

spiritualspatula

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/22/2010 12:14:28 AM · #6

Originally posted by ShutterPug:

If/when you upgrade your HDD, Acronis True Image is super easy to use for cloning your drive. Just buy your drive with an external HDD enclosure (approx $20) then clone your drive onto the new one, switch 'em out, and now you can use your old one as an external drive too. You can also just use the trial version if you're just doing it the one time and don't want to use it all the time for data backup.

07/22/2010 12:15:47 AM · #7

Is he providing the Windows 7 disk in addition to the apple disks? If not, then having it does not add value to the system. (IMO)

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

07/22/2010 12:17:43 AM · #8

Originally posted by spiritualspatula:

Originally posted by ShutterPug:
2 yrs old - last one made before the unibody ones. The guy upgraded everything on it to the tops ( best graphic card etc) except the hard drive which can still be increased. I'll probably do that myself.
I can't afford a new one.

If/when you upgrade your HDD, Acronis True Image is super easy to use for cloning your drive. Just buy your drive with an external HDD enclosure (approx $20) then clone your drive onto the new one, switch 'em out, and now you can use your old one as an external drive too. You can also just use the trial version if you're just doing it the one time and don't want to use it all the time for data backup.

Apple has an option in the disk utility to create a disk image which can be used to restore a drive. This could probably be used to clone the current drive.

spiritualspatula

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/22/2010 12:25:50 AM · #9

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Apple has an option in the disk utility to create a disk image which can be used to restore a drive. This could probably be used to clone the current drive.

I have a sneaky suspicion the apple app may not clone the windows partition, though I could be wrong on that front. I have read of dual boots being done with Acronis relatively easily, however.