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PowerBook Trade-in Program? [Update]

Wednesday December 24, 2003 2:58 pm PST by Arnold Kim
ThinkSecret reports that U.S. owners of the original and "Gigabit Ethernet" G4 PowerBooks will be able to take part in a new pilot trade in program.

According to the rumor site, Apple will be offering $700 trade-in credit for eligible laptops towards a new 15" or 17" PowerBook from Apple.

Eligible laptops need to be in reasonable physical condition, free from LCD or other accidental damage. The program will reportedly be available through AppleCare until March 27, 2004.

Update: Apparently, this program is now in place. Readers should contact AppleCare for more details. PowerPage has specifics.
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beatle888
106 months ago
gigabit? would that be the second gen 667?

if so i thought i'd be able to get more than $700 in resale value.

oh well...this is a good little system.



just checked system profiler, it doesnt tell me if its gigabit or not.
time for me to check the article.
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OutThere
106 months ago
I'm not exactly sure I understand what the process is going to be, and why? Anyone care to explain?
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Arcady
106 months ago
$700 seems like a decent trade-in value if you have a 400mhz model, but people are getting much more than that for the 500 and 550/667 models on eBay.
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Superdrive
106 months ago
I have a 400 mhz G4 just waiting for a 1.33 ghz successor! WooHoo!!
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AmigoMac
106 months ago
Help apple to deliver the actual production, and they will give us the PB G5.... good for the giga-owners....;)
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jaykk
106 months ago
I will trade-in my 550Mhz without a doubt if they accept mine, I have to use TiPaint several time to repair the paint issue. I will be happy even if they announce a G5 PB later.
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JDOG_
106 months ago
$700 isn't even really a 1/3rd of the price for a new one...this is more of a marketing ploy than something to benefit the customer. Think about how much they can turn around that money and sell the refurbished one for over a grand. Meh, I'd stick with eBay :rolleyes:
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avus
106 months ago

Originally posted by JDOG_
Think about how much they can turn around that money and sell the refurbished one for over a grand.


Don't be too cynical. Apple isn't in the business of selling two-years old computers - Even if it is, it wouldn't make any money, as the cost of checking the system and repairing any cosmetic damages (remember, we are talking about Ti here) would be really high.
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jcw
106 months ago
good way to recover PB's which run OS9
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VicMacs
106 months ago
what they should do is buy all the pb g3s hehe i sold a 550 pb for 1200 dollars in august just before the Al PBs came out... just threw in a 80 dollar cd-r and the guy was happy as a clam:) and so was I!

now for the 400 model... well 700 NOW is not so bad..

back to the g3 pb.. there are a lot of those around! if they offered 200 for an ipod sale now there we'd have something...

:)

dreeeeaam dream dream dream dream dreaaaaaaam
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