Quote from Swan Noir:
I'm no expert on older computers but just because you might be able to sell a four year old apple for 35 or 40% of what you paid for it (50% sounds a stretch) I would not assume that ratio holds. My guess is you could be looking at 10 or 15% (or even zero) on equipment bought today and sold 4 years from now. The tech world could (probably will) be massively different over that span of time and what is top of the line today may (again, probably will) be close to a joke. Who will pay even $350 for a used machine when they can buy more capacity for $500 (or less) new?
I'm not knocking apple products. Just saying your best bet is to buy what works best for you today in terms of performance/value, probably buy a touch more capacity -- 30 to 50% -- than you currently require (without going overboard) and pretty much ignore resale potential. Betting on cashing out for anything significant 4 years down the road seems a bad bet particulary for a trader when opportunity cost on capital is so damn high.
Quote from traderslair:
Don't forget that after 4 years I will still be able to sell this apple laptop for 40 to 50% of the initial purchase price. Try that with a Dell.
I dont know why you would even be worried about reselling it. If you are even trading for 4 years...I would assume that you would make enough money that you could just give it to some kid, I mean really..hopefully u can make 3k over a 2 to 3 year period. And its a tax write off anyway
http://www.ebay.com/itm/17-APPLE-MA...29973293?pt=Apple_Laptops&hash=item2ec85c142d
no more 17", right? I guess that leaves you with one of the 2 15" models. idk, good luck though.