Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Obsolete hardware

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Interestingly enough, I might mention that Mac's as a general rule hold 
their value MUCH better.  i.e. a G3 Powerbook that I'd bought, 2 years 
later I sold for about 50% of its value.  Now, even 5 years down the 
road, it still would sell at least at 25 or 30% of its value.  Granted, 
that's a laptop, and laptops generally hold their value better, but 
even old Apple desktop machines are still selling for quite a bit.  
i.e. a G4 PowerMac which is what, 3 or 4 years old?  Something along 
those lines, is still selling for about 1/3 of its price when it was 
top of the line new.
Cheers!
Jason
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On Nov 17, 2003, at 8:18 AM, Spurling, Shannon wrote:

> Let me revise that...
>
> 800
> 600
> 400
> 200...
>
> Don't worry, it will take a long time for your hardware to reach the 
> $10
> mark. Those 486's just reached the $10 mark in the last year or so. The
> curve kind of tapers off. Kind of like an exponential decay. I'll bet
> that your computer was no where near worth half of what you paid for it
> the year after you bought it. That's when the fastest depreciation
> occurs. At the bottom end you have a kind of compression thing going on
> where old machines aren't exiting the market fast enough, but they 
> won't
> throw them away because of perceived value. So if I have 386's at $20 a
> piece, My 486's start bottoming out at $60, and so on... The biggest
> thing that encourages this is that they have large warehouses, and 
> don't
> mind storing the stuff.
>
> Shannon Spurling
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spurling,
> Shannon
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 8:09 AM
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>
> Oh, it's got to be worse than that. More like:
> 12,800
> 3,200
> 800
> 200
>
> Most computers are "Obsolete" within 3 years, and their price has gone
> down into the $300 and below dollar range by then.
> The $800 P3-700's that sold back in 2000, are now worth less than $200
> now. And the more expensive the hardware, the quicker the price drops.
> It seams almost exponential. The only exception to that rule is Mac and
> other specialized hardware vendors, like SGI, SUN, etc...
>
> Shannon Spurling
> WAN Engineer -Specialist
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:26 AM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Obsolete hardware
>
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Jonathan King wrote:
>
>> A computer you bought for $12,800 in 1997 depreciates like this:
>>
>> 1997 $12,800
>> 1998 $ 6,400
>> 1999 $ 3,200
>> 2000 $ 1,600
>> 2001 $   800
>> 2002 $   400
>> 2003 $   200
>
> You know, it's sad but just possibly true!  One sure thing:  Don't buy
> one
> unless you're going to start using it immediately!
>
> Mike
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