$300 for mid 2009 mac pro, good deal?

[Gung Pow Chicken]

i found some guy on craigslist selling a mid 2009 mac pro for 300.The thing is in perfect condition, he said it has been in one of those clear cases since he purchased it. Specs are core 2 duo, 4gb ddr3 and a 120gb 840 evo ssd. 

 

I just want a nice laptop to take around to the classes I will be taking her in September. 

[ShadowCaptain]

For basic stuff it will be ok, word excel, browsing etc

 

Its a little old, and for that sort of price you could possible get something better but considering it has an SSD its not TOO bad

[Xaring]

you said Mac Pro? not macbook Pro? coz u stated u wanted a "laptop" mac pro is not laptop, macbook is. Anyways, it is a good computer for the price, but (im writing this from a macbook pro 2010) I found 4 GB to be little and upgraded to 8GB RAM as i was running out of memory.

[silentmelodies]

No, not a good deal.

 

This is a good deal.

[Gung Pow Chicken]

No, not a good deal.

 

This is a good deal.

I'm not a fan of HP

[Gung Pow Chicken]

you said Mac Pro? not macbook Pro? coz u stated u wanted a "laptop" mac pro is not laptop, macbook is. Anyways, it is a good computer for the price, but (im writing this from a macbook pro 2010) I found 4 GB to be little and upgraded to 8GB RAM as i was running out of memory.

It's a macbook pro, my bad on the title. Do they really chew up that much ram?

[Profquast]

No, not a good deal.

 

This is a good deal.

1GHz AMD dual core... You will absolutely hate your life when using that laptop, it's underpowered for Windows XP or even Android for that matter.

[Gung Pow Chicken]

1GHz AMD dual core... You will absolutely hate your life when using that laptop, it's underpowered for Windows XP or even Android for that matter.

lol 

[<boss2939>]

I say its a good deal espically with the the 120 gb ssd imo go for it

[GrandBandit]

No, not a good deal.

 

This is a good deal.

How is that a good deal? I wouldn't sell that to my worst enemy.

[MrSuperb]

i found some guy on craigslist selling a mid 2009 mac pro for 300.The thing is in perfect condition, he said it has been in one of those clear cases since he purchased it. Specs are core 2 duo, 4gb ddr3 and a 120gb 840 evo ssd. 

 

I just want a nice laptop to take around to the classes I will be taking her in September.

lol ... $300 for a 2009 mac pro would have been an awesome deal.

$300 for a 2009 MBP with 120GB EVO is imho a good deal as well, if a) the battery is working and B ) it is in decent condition.

[NannerBeans]

No, not a good deal.

 

This is a good deal.

I would rather have the macbook and I hate apple. 

[ygohome]

$300 is a fair deal I think. 

 

To get an idea of what to expect... I still have a mid 2009 Macbook Pro 2.93 Ghz Core 2 Duo T9800, Nvidia 9600M GT (512MB), and 8GB ram and works perfect still.  It has an SSD and runs pretty zippy.   runs latest OS X version.   It can take up to 8GB ram max for 2009 models.

 

It also runs Win 8.1 Pro in bootcamp beautifully.  Although, be aware, these 2009 Macbooks are not supported to run Win 8 (only win7).    You'd have to hack an info.plist file in OS X in order to allow Bootcamp Assistant to get the windows 8.1 install going.  You'd also need to download the Bootcamp drivers for installing into windows.  Also, the Nvidia drivers in Win8 do not install without modifying the .inf files first.   *Send me a PM if interested in a walkthrough showing how to do all that.  It's not hard to do, but it was hard to find the info on how to do it.

 

I use this laptop mostly just as a dummy terminal to access my other linux servers using ssh, etc.  But I also run Windows, as mentioned above, for business productivity (Cisco & Juniper VPNs to my company servers, IDE client tools for database programming/development, etc).

 

*be aware it is not great for games.   In OS X I don't use steam.  Steam is really laggy on my Macbook in OS X.  The only game I play in OS X is minecraft.  I use steam in windows bootcamp environment only.  And even then, the only games I play are Farming Simulator, Civ V, and the like.  Those are reasonable playing games for such a machine.  

 

**the reason I have 8GB on my system is that I also run VMs.  I allocate about 3.3 GB to my Guest OS VMs, which leaves plenty for my Host OS.

[connorpiper]

i found some guy on craigslist selling a mid 2009 mac pro for 300.The thing is in perfect condition, he said it has been in one of those clear cases since he purchased it. Specs are core 2 duo, 4gb ddr3 and a 120gb 840 evo ssd. 

 

I just want a nice laptop to take around to the classes I will be taking her in September. 

 

My friend owns the 14" Core 2 duo of this, no problems, though the SSD would help his out a lot.

[Viiza]

Former mid 2009 macbook pro owner here (it got replaced by a 2010 model). I would say I'ts a fair deal, especially with that SSD. Battery life should be pretty good, it runs your basic apps fast enough, doesn't heat up too much (under normal use), all around a great notebook for studying.

One thing to note: the DisplayPort doesn't support audio so if you want to, say, hook up your notebook to your TV you need a separate audio connection

[Adnanklink]

oh damn, 2009 was 5 years ago! But yeah good for basic tasks and most of what you do in school unless your major requires something more.

[marioo1182]

No, not a good deal.

 

This is a good deal.

Lol AMD e1 Processor. You'll be in the grave before that thing loads.

[Gung Pow Chicken]

lol ... $300 for a 2009 mac pro would have been an awesome deal.

$300 for a 2009 MBP with 120GB EVO is imho a good deal as well, if a) the battery is working and B ) it is in decent condition.

It's in astonishing condition, especially for it's age. 

[Gung Pow Chicken]

$300 is a fair deal I think. 

 

To get an idea of what to expect... I still have a mid 2009 Macbook Pro 2.93 Ghz Core 2 Duo T9800, Nvidia 9600M GT (512MB), and 8GB ram and works perfect still.  It has an SSD and runs pretty zippy.   runs latest OS X version.   It can take up to 8GB ram max for 2009 models.

 

It also runs Win 8.1 Pro in bootcamp beautifully.  Although, be aware, these 2009 Macbooks are not supported to run Win 8 (only win7).    You'd have to hack an info.plist file in OS X in order to allow Bootcamp Assistant to get the windows 8.1 install going.  You'd also need to download the Bootcamp drivers for installing into windows.  Also, the Nvidia drivers in Win8 do not install without modifying the .inf files first.   *Send me a PM if interested in a walkthrough showing how to do all that.  It's not hard to do, but it was hard to find the info on how to do it.

 

I use this laptop mostly just as a dummy terminal to access my other linux servers using ssh, etc.  But I also run Windows, as mentioned above, for business productivity (Cisco & Juniper VPNs to my company servers, IDE client tools for database programming/development, etc).

 

*be aware it is not great for games.   In OS X I don't use steam.  Steam is really laggy on my Macbook in OS X.  The only game I play in OS X is minecraft.  I use steam in windows bootcamp environment only.  And even then, the only games I play are Farming Simulator, Civ V, and the like.  Those are reasonable playing games for such a machine.  

 

**the reason I have 8GB on my system is that I also run VMs.  I allocate about 3.3 GB to my Guest OS VMs, which leaves plenty for my Host OS.

I've got my desktop to game on, mainly just wanted to use this for browsing the web and doing school work.