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Subject:Re: Question about refurbished laptops From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:01:39 -0800
Sure... get rid of the bloatware and don't bother ever calling tech
support...only then would I ever consider a Dell.
(HP also = bloatware.)
> Chris
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm with Robert on this one. I've also been buying refurbished Dell
> Latitudes... I'm using an E6400 right now. I've purchased through
> outlet.dell.com in the past but this one came from Red Tag, a subsidy of
> ubid.com. I purchased an extended warranty from squaretrade.com. I have
> several docking stations but bought them from eBay... a buddy of mine just
> ordered a used one for a Dell Latitude he got at the same time as I got
> mine. The docking station (with power supply) was $45 including shipping.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike
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>
> On 1/16/2014 7:28 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>
>> I've been buying refurbished Dell Latitudes (not Inspirons) from the
>> Business section of outlet.dell.com for years. I get the longest
>> service contract and replace the laptop when it expires, just in case,
>> but they last a lot longer than that. My understanding is that
>> refurbished Dells have to pass more rigorous tests than new ones.
>>
>> My most recent purchase was an E5420 last March, $499 for 4GB RAM,
>> 250GB HD, 8X DVD writer, plus $100 to extend the warranty to four
>> years. You can get a nice dock for $160.
>>
>> I'm still using Windows 7, Windows 8 seems like it may be skippable,
>> another Vista. I use Win32 for compatibility.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Craig Cardimon
>> <craig -dot- cardimon -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>>> Whirlers,
>>>
>>> I'm in the market for a refurbished laptop running Windows 8.1, or an OS
>>> that is easily upgradeable to 8.1.
>>>
>>
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