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1 year, 6 months ago

Money is ridiculously tight

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Categories: Personal

Well folks, here is the deal. As of right now I have a ridiculously small amount of money in the bank and the following events coming up ahead that I have to budget for somehow.

Federal Income Tax: $590 (Yes, I’ve done every deduction I have receipts for. Getting almost 16k worth of 1099-MISC is a bitch even when you’re a student. )
Books for Spring 2007 Quarter: $281.75 (And thats if I can get all my books used)
Parking Permit Spring 2007: $138
Discover Card: $75
T-Mobile: $138.15

Seeing as I just sent out an invoice for $220 worth of work, that still leaves me with a hell of a lot of ground to catch up on. That being said, it looks like I need to try and sell the old laptop to make some money. So here is the deal:

12″ PowerBook G4 laptop
12″ 1024×768 resolution matte LCD screen
32MB Geforce4 420 Go video card
867 Mhz G4 Processor
1,152MB of RAM installed
40GB HD
Superdrive (only reads CD/DVDs, no burning, costs about 100 for a new drive to fix)
802.11b Airport card installed
Bluetooth 1.1
56k v.92 Modem
10/100 Ethernet
2 USB 1.1 ports
1 Firewire 400 port
Has new battery (old one was part of the battery recall)
Bottom of case has some scratches/blemishes
Top lid has two blemishes
Screen latch is broken, this was common on this model of laptop
3rd party AC adapter with taped connector (this is why Apple switched to the new magnetic power connector)

Comes with OS X 10.4 and iLife 06 installed

Asking $350

Basically this is a great laptop for writing, web browsing and classwork in general. The laptop’s video card is able to play World of Warcraft if you run it with lower detail settings. I’ve also done work on it in Pro Apps like DVD Studio Pro and Final Cut Pro and it does a decent job in them. The laptop is lightweight at only 4.6 lbs and will come with a carrying sleeve for it. If you are interested in the laptop or know someone who might be, please have them email me at timelord@gmail.com or call me at 562-331-1603.

About the Author

Daniel Spisak was born from the fiery depths of fusion and now roams the pale blue dot known as Earth. I obtained my bachelors degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine at the end of 2007.

I am also involved in technology & security consulting firms as well as being a freelance technology writer. I also contribute to Jerry Pournelle's website and Chaos Manor Reviews. Additionally I am also a freelance photographer as well and you can find my photos either on my own personal gallery or up at my Flickr account or on Zivity.

This blog is one of the main locations where I do my writing, which is then automatically sent to my LiveJournal, VOX, and MySpace accounts. I can also be found on a variety of social networking and microblogging sites like Pownce, Twitter, Brightkite, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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