[jedimacfan]

What's the best way to sell a laptop? eBay? Craiglist? I have a 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro with 4 GB of RAM that I want to sell. It's got a glossy screen and has absolutely nothing wrong with it. Not even a dead pixel. The only reason I want to sell it is because I really wish I had the multitouch trackpad like the brand new ones. Also debating an iMac and MacBook Air combination. The MBP still has a warranty until June, too, and AppleCare can still be purchased for it. I've got Leopard installed, but it also runs Tiger, obviously.

I just need some advice as to the best place to sell it. I'd like to get as much for it as possible to make the purchase of a new machine easier.

Thanks for any advice you can provide.

[teflon]

um, sorry, but this machine is practically as good as the new ones. Slightly hotter running, but no real difference in any other respect apart from, as you say, the multitouch pad....

have you tried the multitouch pad yet? Ive not, but I cant help but think that its next to pointless. Theres keyboard shortcuts for everything, using a mouse is easier anyway, and the trackpad is exactly the same size, unlike that on the MBA which is a fair bit larger, and so much more suited to multitouch.

anyway, if youre going to sell, try craigslist, and then ebay in that order. make sure you put a reserve on ebay, but beware that they will take a pretty large chunk of your money.

From what ive just said, the only meaningful change youll see is if you get an iMac and MBA, but why not just get an iMac and keep your MBP???

[QuantaCat]

I'd go for eBay, as people just keep having bid wars, and people end up with too much money spent on something that's only half that worth.

[Mr. Selvetarm]

It was between my current MBP which is the same one you have and the newer ones. The only difference being the multi-touch track pad. While I was at the Apple store I played with both and I came upon a revelation. The multi-touch was utterly useless. The only apps it was really used in were Safari and iPhoto and even there it was a lot easier just to click a button then do all sorts of fancy gestures to do a simple thing.
My opinion: either sell the MBP and go the iMac and MBA route or just keep the MBP you have.



(But then again I got mine in clearance for $1500.

[The Liberator]

Hey, I am extremely with Teflon on this. I have (well quickly) used the multi–touch ability on the laptops, it is nothing to get hyped about. You already have a normal working laptop with 4 GB of RAM, it is not like it is really missing anything. Seriously, I guess it is like not have one or two small features from Leopard, that you could easily live without. Hey even better, if you are a person who basically always used a mouse, then I bet you would sometimes forget about it completely. I know there are lots of features in Tiger, I have only now found out, because I haven't need of them, and I still don not. So, as a closing comment, on the financial side, you are going to have to waste a few hundred dollars on a new laptop, that has only one different feature, the over–hyped multi–touch.

Liberator.

Edit: I have read Mr. Selvetarm's post, and i completely concur with him, my friend has a MBP (AMG) and have used it a few times. I have also used the multi–touch ones quickly, and from what I have seen and done, I also find it just a flashy, useless feature. I re–iterate that you should definitely keep your MBP, and maybe get that iMac anyway. If you still buy the iMac, it is only a few hundred dollars more, really. I think I know which one yo would rather buy