[X4U] readying iMacs for sale

[Birgit Rhoads]

Erase the HD in Disk Utility.  Install OS 9 and offer the latest OS X 
system you legally purchased.  If you try to install Panther, it 
immediately goes into the computer "set up".  I have had very good luck 
selling Macs on EBAY.  Hopefully, you kept the boxes that the iMacs 
came in; that makes it so much easier to ship them.  There is no need 
to hand these computers down.  Older Macs easily sell.  I just sold a 6 
GB/333Mhx Clamshell iBook on EBAY and there were plenty of people 
bidding.  I was very surprised at the amount it sold for.
Birgit


On Dec 23, 2004, at 2:14 PM, Mary C.Youra wrote:

> My two college age daughters recently decided to replace their Indigo 
> iMac 500s (Summer 2001 models, I think, though not important for 
> purposes of my question) with  14" iBooks. They'd like to sell the 
> iMacs. The iMacs came with disks for OS 9.2.2 and 10.1..5, but have 
> been upgraded to 10.3.5. What should be done to get them ready for 
> sale? What is customary, and what is necessary from a security 
> standpoint?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Mary
>
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