How much would my Sam440ep system be worth?

[Trev]

I'm guessing $500-600. You can buy a new, complete Sam440ep-flex system for ~$800, and the Sam460ep should be available soon. Folks will be looking for a bargain--something less expensive than a newer, better product, anyway--and they won't place much value on things they likely have sitting around their workspace (HDD, DVD+/-RW, chasis, etc.). With $500, you can build a nice i7 system. I think I spent ~$600 for my base kit (Core i7 920, ASUS P6T Deluxe, 6 GB DDR3) in 2009, and prices have come down considerably. (A good video card will be the system's most expensive component. I limit set my budget at $250, so I just bought an overclocked GeForce GTX 460.)

As with OEM copies of Windows on a PC, you're probably required to sell OS4 with the Sam440ep, regardless of your intent. Be sure to use Hyperion's transfer of ownership web app thingy after you sell it.

[Trev]

But seriously, it's significant that a SAM owner wants to keep his A1200 tower but sell the SAM.  There must be some level of dissatisfaction with SAM and/or OS4.  They're supposed to be gaining OS4 users (even at a very modest level), not losing them.

It's not surprising though. Classic systems are fun and filled with nostalgia. "Modern" systems are plagued by infighting, pale in comparison to other modern solutions, and are different enough from classic systems that they're uncomfortable to use (in the same sense that it's uncomfortable to sit in the same room with several of your ex-girlfriends--unless you're still friendly with all of them, of course).

[Trev]

@jorkany

Sony removed the Other OS feature just to stop us asking about it.