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MarkJFine
Professor
8 years ago

MacBook Pro Battery/Trackpad Repair

If you have a MacBook Pro that's been in heavy use for 5 years, chances are (like me) your internal battery is toast. Li-Ion batteries tend to swell when they're beginning the death knell, and suc...
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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago
alfrescowrote:

I've bought alot of mac mini's at thrift stores and had to open them to replace the airport card that seems to be the thing that goes out on them.

Do they verify that they actually work before they sell them, or are they a kind of an "as is" thing?  How much do you usually find them for?  

 

I've always been a little leary about buying electronics from second hand places.  

 

 

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alfresco
Senior
8 years ago

They're an as is kind of thing. I only buy them if they're Cheap enough to where if I brick them it's no big deal. The ones I've bought have been $ 5.00. I'm using the last mac mini I bought as a media center.

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    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago

    $5.00?  Are you serious?  OMG.  

     

    I think I'm going to take a trip to a thrift store in the city.  Heck.  That cheap?  I was figuring at least a couple hundred.  

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      alfresco
      Senior
      8 years ago

      Yeah, my at the time  local Goodwill store was kind of clueless to the value. I've found buffalo air stations for $ 5.00. I can't guarantee you'll find the same deals.:smileyhappy: :smileyhappy:

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        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV
        8 years ago

        We've got a Goodwill store and Salvation Army store in the town where I go shopping.  A mom and pops thrift store, too.  I may very well check them out when I next go.  

         

        Thanks for the info.  :)