any "formula" for laptop depreciation?

[Maverick2002]

Ok so I got this Dell Inspiron 8200 a year ago and I was wondering if it's possible to see how much it would be worth now. I paid $2200 for it then. Specs:

15" Ultra XGA-whatever (1600x1200)
128mb (I got 1gb of RAM free but don't add that to the calculations)
64mb GF 440Go
40gb 5400rpm
24x CD-RW/16x DVD-ROM combo
FDD
P4 1.6Ghz

Just curious how much it's worth these days. I probably won't get a new one for at least another year though.

 

[Ryan]

price checks = illegal.

 

[edro]

$1200 - 1400 or so.

 

[bozack]

search on ebay and see what they are selling for used...IMHO computer equipment has the worst resale out of anything out there so be prepaired for a large loss...

 

[fs5]

price checks = ebay search

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
price checks = ebay search

yep. search "completed items". that's how i figure out market prices.

or you could try AT FS/FT and see if there are similar laptops.

 

[Maverick2002]

my bad yo. I don't even want to let go of it for at least another year or two. I know it's dropped down in price a lot so I'm just checking. I'll try ebay ty.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
price checks = illegal.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: edro13
$1200 - 1400 or so.

Are you high? You can buy a brand new P4 2.4 laptop for that with twice the RAM. I would estimate somewhere around $700-800.

 

[DaveSimmons]

6.1235% per month, according to ANEAIJMU green book.













(a non-existent acronym I just made up)

 

[Maverick2002]

ok then how did you arrive at that number?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Maverick2002
ok then how did you arrive at that number?

You can buy a brand new Dell Inspiron 2.2GHz P4-M w/256MB, ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, 40GB HDD, CDRW/DVD Combo drive for $1258. Your's is a year old, slower processor w/less memory. Check e-bay. You might get $900 for it but I seriously doubt that you would get $1200 for it when you can buy a brand new faster laptop for the same.