Our office uses refurb Dells exclusively.
If you go that route, I cannot recommend enough that you buy the highest
level of warranty they'll sell you--the one where a tech comes to you
that day to fix whatever breaks. Do NOT get the 'depot' warranty where
you ship the computer back to Dell each time it breaks (and it
will--often), unless you also have a spare machine to use for the two
weeks it'll be gone each time.
Dealing with Dells and Dell itself about the computers has made a
lifetime Lenovo customer out of me. And I was a huge believer in refurb
equipment and the idea that all p.c.s are created equal, no matter the
name on the front.
On 8/20/2012 7:39 AM, Tim wrote:
> 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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