We've owned two dells. One new tower some years ago. It crapped out less
than a month after the warranty expired**. I also bought a refurbed dell
laptop off of evilbay for my oldest to use in college. This one turned
out to be almost too slow to be usable.
**I have heard of this from more than just my experience.
Hating dell computers
tim
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Jim Stone wrote:
> Well, based on what I have learned here and through my online
> research, I
> don't think it will be worth the expense and effort to replace my
> motherboard.
> However, I really don't want to spend much money on a new one right
> now, so I
> am thinking about getting a used or refurbished one. I'd like to keep
> it
> under $200. Ideally, I would like something at least as fast as what
> I
> currently have (HP Pavilion 5150T, Intel Dual Core processor E5300,
> 4GB DR3 -
> 1066MHZ SDRAM, 640GB SATA HD). Also ideally, I would like to be able
> to just
> move my current hard drive over to the new PC and have two internal
> hard
> drives. (I know I can get a SATA case, but I did say "ideally".)
> And, while
> I am wishing, it would be nice to be able to move my memory cards over
> to the
> new PC to increase it's power for free. I would also like it to run
> Windows
> 7, although I could probably be talked out of that if necessary. (I
> may be
> wrong about this, but I don't think I can transfer my current copy
> over. I
> bought my HP right before Win7 was released, and it came with an
> automatic
> upgrade once the system was out. As I recall, there was something in
> the
> license that said it couldn't be transferred to another machine. But,
> I could
> be wrong about that.)
>
> So, my first question is: does anyone have any recommendations for a
> good,
> reputable place to buy a refurbished PC? Beyond that, any
> recommendations on
> a specific PC? Following Wayne's advice, I have been looking at Dell
> Precision 390's. They seem to be at the upper end of my price range,
> but
> something like this might work:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110935816819&fromMakeTrack
> =true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en
>
> Any thoughts on this one?
>
> http://joy-systems.store.buy.com/p/dell-optiplex-gx620-sff-3-0ghz-2048mb-ram-
> 500gb-hdd-dvd-win-7-home/234733906.html?listingid=229951034
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