The price to pay for being honest

I’m in the process of selling my old PowerBook and in browsing the ads of others trying to sell the same or similar machine, I see people saying “lots of software” or “loaded”. However, none of them say that the original CDs/DVDs are included which means software piracy. I had one person look at my machine yesterday and he was disappointed that it didn’t have Tiger on it or anything but the stock software. As a developer, I have access to OS versions and use them on my machines as all my machines are used for testing and development which means that I don’t buy OS releases (the rest of my family does buy new OS versions, of course). Tiger is no exception; since I didn’t buy it, I re-installed the OS that shipped with the PowerBook. There is no Photoshop, Office, or any other software that people are selling with their machines.

Does this mean that I possibly won’t be able to sell the machine or will have to sell it at a lower price? Absolutely. Is it the right thing to do? Absolutely. People seem to think that leaving software on their computers is an OK thing to do, but it isn’t. This isn’t much I can do about it…hopefully the PowerBook will sell; the 1 year of AppleCare left on it is probably the biggest selling point.

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