Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

[Hugo Trottier]

Jocelyn here are my 2 cents; You could always get the serial number and 
go yourself to a Mac Resellers, get it check 1) To make certain that it 
is not stolen good (in that case no Apple resellers will repair it) 2) 
To know exactly it's age and who was the original owner. If the sellers 
does seems to eager to get his $$$ be careful, it's always better to 
walk away with your $$ than a Mac that is going to become a headache 
over time and that will end up costing 2 or 3 times as much just in 
parts.

Good Luck

Hugo Trottier
GoMac
Canada
On 1-Feb-04, at 7:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, I test drove the Wall street PowerBook that is for sale for $200 
today.
The date and time is not holding, so I assume it needs a Pram battery.

The guy told me laptop don't have a PRAM battery. Is that true? If it 
does
have a PRAM battery, I need a webpage for PRAM batteries with prices.

Also, it has a SCSI adapter since the SCSI port on the Wall street is
nonstandard.  His adapter looks like a pin is missing. He said it came 
looking like
that. He did not have a SCSI peripheral to demo the adapter.

When he did a demo on the internal zip drive, he just opened the ZIP 
Tools
disc window and commented on the loud sound of the ZIP drive. It 
sounds like my
old ZIP, but I'm remembering that some ZIPs were recalled due to  
chatter
problem and for ruining zip discs.
I don't know if he had a recalled zip drive.

Then, when he unplugged the laptop from the wall, it died. He finally
confessed that the battery was not holding a charge.
So I need a website for  a battery and the price.
I went to the webpage that a nice list person sent me today. It says 
that
this model usually goes for $500- $700. So, I'm a little nervous about 
the low
price. I asked him to meet me at a Mac place to have it checked over 
next week.
I have a gift certificate to that store from my User group. I told him 
I'd
apply my $50 gift cert toward the inspection of the laptop.  Maybe 
that was too
generous on my part.

He is giving me several licensed software programs that I need, but I 
need to
iron out these other issues. He seemed a bit too attached to receiving 
the
$200 right away.

Any help and info regarding these issues would me appreciated. Wow, 
this is
like buying a used car.

Jocelyn

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