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Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« on: December 25, 2006, 06:27:11 PM »
I am in the market to purchase a reconditioned WinXP laptop that will primarily be used by the kids for their school work and web surfing. Thus, I don't need a particularly high-powered model. I have purchased a refurbished HP laptop from eCost a few years ago and have been happy with it. Can anyone recommend some current well-regarded places to buy a reconditioned laptop? I don't plan on going the eBay route.
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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2006, 06:37:28 PM »
There's always the 600 pound gorilla.
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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2006, 10:05:03 AM »
For that price, you can get a new low-end compaq or HP...

Check out TigerDirect...

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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2006, 11:19:58 AM »
Yeah, take a look at TigerDirect.com

They've got a great refurb / overrun / sale area.
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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2006, 11:31:07 AM »
I don't know what you are looking to spend, but Dell's entry level is $500.00.

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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2006, 11:59:47 AM »
As part of my small business, I've bought a few laptops, and many, many dual or quad-cpu workstations and servers from:

http://www.pcsurplusonline.com

I've also done good business with:

http://www.nwpcmall.com

(Just bought a pair of IBM dual-Xeon M-series Intellistations there for $270.00 each)

They show several laptops here:

http://www.nwpcmall.com/?sck=6401083
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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2006, 04:57:18 PM »
Well, after checking various sites, I bought a new HP DV 1530 notebook (1.7 Centrino M, 1024 MB RAM, 100 GB HD, Lightscribe DVD/CD RW, 801.11 b/g wireless, 14" LCD and Win XP Home) for $ 699.  This was from eCost in California.  Some of the other laptops with similar specs were $ 50-200 more expensive for a refurb unit, so I decided that this price for a new model was pretty good.  It is better than my existing home HP laptop, so I am now pondering giving that to the kids and taking the new one for myself! 
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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2006, 08:20:37 PM »
check surplus sales at universities and colleges.

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Re: Where to buy a refurbished laptop?
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2006, 03:44:13 PM »
Since you can buy a brand new name brand laptop for $500 these days, I am not inclined much toward a used or refurbished unit.

Keep in mind that the new Vista OS will probably obsolete 75% of existing laptops so there might be quite a few used ones coming on the market soon.

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