{"id":504,"date":"2006-09-18T18:27:27","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T10:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/09\/2006_09_18_1827.php"},"modified":"2006-09-18T18:27:27","modified_gmt":"2006-09-18T10:27:27","slug":"apples-get-your-apples-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/09\/18\/apples-get-your-apples-here","title":{"rendered":"Apples! get your apples here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been contemplating on selling my Powerbook. Not because I want or need to, but because I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to have most of the parts replaced in the past month under warranty. Taking into account the whole factor of depreciation, I figured that regardless of my needs, now is the best time to sell it because of its reconditioned state.<\/p>\n<p>Spread the word.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<hr \/>\n<p>For sale: Apple 15&#8243; Aluminum Powerbook\nDate purchased: October 2004\nSelling price: interested parties contact me at <a href=\"mailto:nargalzius@yahoo.com\">nargalzius@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<h4>Top-end model of the 15&#8243; powerbooks [of its time] which entails the following:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1.5GHz PPC processor<\/li>\n<li>Illuminated keyboard (only the top models used to have that feature)<\/li>\n<li>superdrive (CD and DVD re-writable)<\/li>\n<li>ATI graphics card with 64MB VRAM<\/li>\n<li>80GB Hard Disk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Misc<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>USB ports<\/li>\n<li>IEEE 1394 (firewire) ports &#8211; FW400\/800 &#38; mini<\/li>\n<li>S-Video input<\/li>\n<li>DVI-output<\/li>\n<li>Built-in Airport Extreme 802.11G (WiFi)<\/li>\n<li>Built-in Ethernet 10\/100 LAN port<\/li>\n<li>Built-in Dial-up modem<\/li>\n<li>Built-in Bluetooth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Custom Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgraded RAM from 512 to 1GB<\/li>\n<li>Upgraded HDD from 4200RPM to 5400RPM<\/li>\n<li>Will throw in a 65W <a href=\"http:\/\/shinza.com\/product_info.php?products_id=30\" title=\"View product\">iAdaptor<\/a> portable travel adaptor (not sold in the Philippines)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Extra Incentive<\/h2>\n<h4>As if the custom details aren&#8217;t enough! How about this: the following parts have just been <br \/>replaced late last month this year (August 2006) &#8211; how&#8217;s that for bang for buck!?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Hard disk (replaced circa Aug. 16, 2006)<\/li>\n<li>LCD panel  (replaced circa Aug. 16, 2006)<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard (replaced circa Aug. 25, 2006)<\/li>\n<li>Battery (replaced circa Sept. 11, 2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I got this unit for Php168,000.00 (and it was already a bargain then) two years ago, and I intend\nto sell it at a price much lower than the cheapest Apple laptop. It still comes with its box,\nmanuals, CDs, and various connectors\/adaptors from when it was new.<\/p>\n<p>The warranty is still in effect until oct 2007 (non-Applecare) via SencoLink, an Apple gold-rated\nservice center\/retailer. I even have most receipts (from purchase, all through the services done on\nthe product over time) &#8211; just in case you want proof of the new components.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, as far as the integral components are concerned (LCD, Motherboard, Battery), this unit is\npractically near mint&#8230; but in the spirit of articulation, I&#8217;ll use the word &#8220;refurbished&#8221; to describe\nits current conditon.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth reiterating that the <em>most important<\/em> parts of a second hand unit have been replaced with <strong>new<\/strong> components. During the life of a laptop, you can certainly expect a considerable decrease in performance\/condition on the screen (LCD), the battery, and in some cases the hard disk. As mentioned above, <strong>all these have been newly replaced<\/strong> &#8211; so saying that this laptop is now virtually a month old not at all far from the truth. <strong>You will be getting a laptop that is virtually a month old.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, interested parties can get in touch with me at <a href=\"mailto:nargalzius@yahoo.com\">nargalzius@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been contemplating on selling my Powerbook. Not because I want or need to, but because I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to have most of the parts replaced in the past month under warranty. Taking into account the whole factor of depreciation, I figured that regardless of my needs, now is the best time to sell &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/09\/18\/apples-get-your-apples-here\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Apples! get your apples here!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[96,447,944],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-apple","tag-for-sale","tag-powerbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}