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Am I overvaluing my laptop?
I have a Lenovo Y50 that I am trying to sell. I want to go for a desktop with at least a 6400 and an RX480. Problem is, it seems like nobody wants it for a decent price. I can't even get anybody to want to trade with it unless the desktop is significantly less powerful than my laptop.
Here are the specs: i7-4710HQ Quadcore, 16Gb DDR3, GTX 860M 4Gb (Maxwell 750ti version), 4k IPS screen, 500Gb Crucial SSD.
That doesn't seem unreasonable for $650 does it? The CPU is a Quadcore with hyperthreading and the GPU is literally a desktop 750Ti with 4Gb of VRAM. The laptop isn't even thick, it's under an inch.
Why am I having so much trouble getting rid of it?
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>>58024063
It's worth probably 500-550, not 650.
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oy fucking vey pajeet
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>>58024077
Desktops with worse specs in my area has sold for more than $650. Does the fact it's a laptop not add anything to its value?
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>>58024063
Nobody wants used hardware, except for Macbooks.
Okay, and old Thinkpads. But only because weirdos want them.
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>>58024102
Yes.
You can upgrade a desktop or add your own parts from other builds.
Laptops you can't upgrade and basically accumulate your cum stains until they die. The only laptops which retain value are Macbooks.
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>>58024163
and ThinkPads! Don't forget the ThinkPads!
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>>58024102
The fact that it's a laptop is hurting it's value. There's a large market for people to get new desktop PCs aftermarket, some people like the aesthetic of gayman builds but can't tell a memory module from a mechanical hard drive, and the used iMac/Mac Pro can run $1k-2k, used. They don't factor in when buying a cheap tower on the internet.
But when you want to sell a laptop, you are competing against the slew of used Mac laptops, which are driving your PC laptop's value down further. Why the shit would they spend $600 on your computer with the weird letters and names of the parts everywhere in the description when for just $100 more they can get a Macbook
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>>58024063
People are only interested in buying used apple products, regular laptops devalue like butter.
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People pay more for a desktop because they 1) don't want to or are scared of building their own gaming PC 2) they have enough parts lying around that a $650 used PC can become a $1000+ build. Plenty of youtube channels sustain themselves by building PCs then selling them on. It's a lucrative market.
Laptops are basically planned obsolescence incarnate, they have a 4-5 year lifespan then they die. Most people don't give a shit about specs or understand them.
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>>58024297
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>>58024163
Well fuck I'll just keep it then and wait to get a desktop. I don't foresee a Haswell i7 becoming obsolete anytime soon.
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