[muglo] Re: Sale or give away Mac Performa?
- From: Kathryn-Jane Hazel <k.j.hazel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 21:31:49 -0400
Dear Galen:
You are third in line for people who would be happy to have my elderly Mac.
Barry was first to e-mail so unless I get some fabulous offer ;-) it's his.
Cheers,
Kathryn
Galen wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 01:56 PM, Tee Cashmore wrote:
>
> > Kathryn-Jane Hazel wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Muglo-ites:
> >>
> >> Further to my previous message, I am moving to B.C. at the end of
> >> July,
> >> and need to sell or give away my elderly MacPerforma 6400/200.
> >>
> >> I expect there is no sale value to this computer, as it is so old. Is
> >> there anyone who would want it or could use it?
> >>
> > Hi Kathryn Jane,
> > I will check on value :probably about $150-200: and I could no
> > doubt
> > find a new home for it. As to your LS printer I doubt it has much value
> > as it's difficult to make them work with O/S X.
> > You might check out the Vancouver or Victoria Mac User Groups for a
> > reference out there re replacements; see Muglo site for URLs.
> > TTFN,
> > TeeC
>
> The computer can be found for less than that on the Mac used market,
> around $50-100 is more accurate. And that's the price they are selling
> it for - if you sold it to a company, you'd get half that. The reason
> for these really low prices are the features (or lack therof) present
> in the 6400:
> -Incredibly expensive G3 upgrades
> -Limited expansion (few PCI, etc)
> -Cannot run Mac OS X (for the geeks in the audience: "cannot" is a
> strong word but in this case, nobody has reported running the *whole*
> OS successfully, although some people have been able to run
> custom-built version of darwin without the OS X gui)
>
> That said, the computer isn't completely worthless, it still does
> everything it did when you bought it. That's the thing to keep in mind.
>
> If you're looking for a use for it, I'm sure there are organizations
> who would accept it (Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc) or you could sell
> it on eBay for ~$20-50 (depending on a lot of factors - after all, this
> is bidding) and the customer pays shipping costs. Another good use
> might be to give it to someone who will use it. <shameless plug> I know
> a local high school student who just loves Macs and doesn't have much
> money to spend on them... his current main Mac is a PowerMac 7500 and
> he has other, older systems. He would probably be willing to pay
> shipping costs. </shameless plug>
>
> Galen P. Zink
> Computer Consultant
> Mac Specialist - Clark County, WA
> (360) 687-9680 - main
> (360) 601-2198 - cell
>
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