Second hand value of dell laptops (Apple finance any good)

[GluedOnBeard]

Bought one around a month to two months ago now and its not needed anymore, cost around 810 at the time should I expect to only get half of that now?

Also does anyone know if apple finance is any good, as I may need something fairly powerful on the mac side soon and would not like to spend that much cash all at once : /

[Gouk]

depends what model is it?

[Space Monkey]

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[GluedOnBeard]

Thanks spacemonkey, seems like pretty much your bog standard terms then.

The model is m1530, think its the newest revision with a couple of things upgraded such as the cpu, hdd, sound card and mem to 3gb.

[Morph]

I reckon you may get around 500 via eBay

[GluedOnBeard]

Thanks Morph, I shall try the bay now, even with the ridiculous fees : /

[Morph]

no worries good luck mate - be sure to state that you wont ship to rogue states else you may end with a few false bids from scammers.. well you know the usual eBay cavets

[Taka]

Apple's finance deals used to be much better when they were operating with MBNA. They're now with the Halifax or HFC I believe and their minimum terms are 3 years. When I was shopping around for my MacBook Pro, I enquired about whether you could pay off the balance early and they said there was some sort of penalty for doing so.

My advice is just sign up for a credit card with several months interest free credit and then pay it off at your own pace. I bought mine from John Lewis with their own credit card which came with 6 months interest free and they even threw in an extra year on the warranty for free. And they gave me a ?10 voucher to spend in store too! Highly recommended.

[GluedOnBeard]

Oh thanks for the advice taka That sounds like a much better option, especially as I have managed to sell the laptop now without resorting to the bay ^^;