Price Check for Mac Mini 1.83 "Core Duo"

Lawrence · Nov 20th, 2010, 08:04 AM

Thinking of selling my other Mac Mini,
It has a Super drive, 2 gb of RAM and an 80 gb hard drive.
Original system discs.

Full spec's at EveryMac dot com

What's it worth?

krs · Nov 20th, 2010, 05:59 PM

I would guess $200.- to $250.-

Mac_100x · Nov 20th, 2010, 06:54 PM

I see the G4 models go for around $200-$225 on Kijiji. So I would say yours is worth around $250-$300.

krs · Nov 20th, 2010, 07:52 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Mac_100x
	I see the G4 models go for around $200-$225 on Kijiji. So I would say yours is worth around $250-$300.

Kijiji shows you the asking price not the selling price.
The asking price of a 14-inch G4 iBook I bought on Kijiji was $350.-; I ended up paying $250.- for it.
I wouldn't pay more than $100.- for a G4 Mini; a friend of mine just bought a G4 733 MHz tower for $20.-
The components in it are worth more than that but with Leopard being the end of the line for G4s, their value on the used market has dropped.

Lawrence · Nov 21st, 2010, 03:00 PM

It's an Intel Mac Mini Core Duo 1.83 that I have,
I'd have thought it would be worth more than $250.

Not sure whether to sell it or not now.

Ants · Nov 21st, 2010, 03:50 PM

I sold two similar Mini models on EhMac last fall for $325-$350.00 and they had a Combo drive. I think it's gotta be worth at least $300.00-$350.00. I normally refer to Mac2Sell.net and LEM.com site to get an idea of market value.

Mac2Sell lists your model at $300.00.
Low End Mac list one for over $400 (retailer).

Macfury · Nov 21st, 2010, 03:58 PM

I would not accept less than $300 for an Intel Mini of any description.

kelman · Nov 21st, 2010, 04:08 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Macfury
	I would not accept less than $300 for an Intel Mini of any description.

+1

G4's are software limited, Intel's are not, they will hold their value a lot longer.

krs · Nov 21st, 2010, 04:11 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by dolawren
	It's an Intel Mac Mini Core Duo 1.83 that I have, I'd have thought it would be worth more than $250. Not sure whether to sell it or not now.

Well, put yourself in the buyer's shoes.

I just bought a Mini Core Duo 2 earlier this year, 2.26GHz with a 160Gig drive for $549.-
That included the one-year Apple warranty, I assume you don't have Applecare on yours since you didn't mention it.
That purchase also included a $100.- printer (or printer rebate) plus I essentially saved another $100.- since I bought through the Via Boutique which gave me 550 Via points which is good for a short distance (3 hrs) one way trip.
So essentially the Mini cost me $349.- plus tax since I would have bought the printer and the train ticket anyway.
With your Mini I would have to replace the hard drive, 80GB is not enough. Not that drives are that expensive but making that upgrade is a pain if you try to do it yourself or I would think it would add $100 or so to the cost of your Mini.
See where I'm coming from?

But you never know what people are willing to pay until you try to sell something.
If you do want to sell the Mini, just pick an asking price that you're happy with and put the ad in the classified here. No point anyone trying to second guess here.

I honestly don't understand all these queries on ehMac lately asking "What is it worth?"
Just go to the Mac2Sell site, put in your data - then maybe add some fudge factor to the value they give you and put it up for sale. Al least that way you're in the right ballpark.
Or you can try ebay - there the selling price tends to be self-adjusting in a sense.

kelman · Nov 21st, 2010, 04:19 PM

Not that they will get it but there are three 1.83 mini's on kijiji hamilton for $600 and up (with kb, mouse, monitor) asking $300 and sticking to you guns, someone wants a mini and is willing to pay $300 seeing as it's the only choice because we can't all pay out $549 plus tax even if we get money back.

(edit- just noticed it's a core duo not c2d......????)