Refurbished Laptops
23rd Mar 2006, 21:57 GMT
Curtis Miller RE: Refurbished Laptops: From my experience as a system administrator dealing with 200+ leased laptops that eventually enter the resale market every 3 years, I'd strongly recommend AGAINST buying a refurbished used laptop computer unless you're buying it from a close personal friend or favorite relative. Our computers (all Dell) are used for up to 8 hours a day as the working tool of our field employees, so after 3 years of this kind of use these machines are not only way behind techology-wise but they've been really USED. There's no way for a refurbishing company to test the LCD screens to determine their remaining life, and if your refurbished laptop screen goes out 6 months into your 1 year warranty you can kiss off getting a replacement screen which means adios laptop. There's also no way for a refurbisher to gauge how the chronic overheating of the internal components will have shortened the ultimate life of the computer, so once again you might have a motherboard failure 3 months into your 1 year warranty, but that motherboard may not be readily available. If the computer is an older model when you get it, the supply of replacement parts will have dwindled to almost none. If you're buying a relatively new refurbished machine (like a returned computer, or floor model or someone else's lemon), then repairs can be more readily made. Maybe you'll be lucky and get a decent machine that will last a long time, but why not just buy a new low end machine for almost the same price instead of taking on a headache?
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