"Refurbished" (?) Laptops

x2 on Lenovo outlet. You can get a high powered business laptop for what you would pay for a basic laptop elsewhere.

Refurbs depend on who did the refurbishing... A factory refurb will typically give you a warranty. I would stay away from any except true factory refurbs...


I have bought many laptops from
Lenovo Outlet

Large corps lease them and turn them in for new ones quite often. From cheap to expensive... It is a roll of the dice on what is available when you are on the site...

The main problems with Lenovo outlet;

They have good details/specs on the models they are selling- whether refurbished, cosmetic blemishes, cancelled orders, etc., however you must monitor the site to get the one that you want. If targeting a specific model, this can sometimes take weeks. (Not for the typical models though...)

These things sell like hotcakes, you snooze and you lose... If you want it, pull the trigger before you go to the restroom as it may be gone before you can get back...

As soon as they are received, they are put on site, which means that the specific one that you want may not make it through the refurb process, then you must start over. They are listed as soon as they arrive, not after they are verified...


This is where I recommend friends when they ask me. I have bought and paid for only to watch it disappear during the process, meaning it didn't make the grade... Start over... It has happened to me once. Keep in mind that I have probably bought about 25-30 from them...


Lenovo's warranty is incredible, period... I received a lappy and the screen started pixelating after about a month. I called them. In about an hour, UPS or FedEx (honestly don't recall which) showed up with a preprinted/prepaid Next Day Air label and a laptop box.

I packaged it, they came back and picked it up. Lenovo received next day, repaired and sent it back to me next day air.
IOW, I called on Tuesday and had it back on Thursday, no charge, no hassle...


In the end, you usually get what you pay for... There are a lot of cheap laptops out there and for a typical home user they are fine. Disposable so to speak... Good for a year maybe 2 or 3...
If you want mission critical, well...

Good luck!

About two years ago I bought two for our church from Wal-Mart and they have been A-OK. In both cases I purchased Wal-Mart 3 year warrantees which covers about everything and have yet to need them.

Dave

Depending on one's needs, it may be better to buy a refurbished laptop with plenty of ponies under the hood than a new low end unit that may be mostly suitable for surfing the net and doing basic tasks.

Buy a refurbished laptop with confidence if it's a reputable brand. I know people that have purchased name brand computers and smart phones and never had any problems. Good luck!

With the price of new laptops so low I would not even consider a refurb

NEW Acer $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314973&nm_mc=AFC-dealnews&cm_mmc=AFC-dealnews-_-NA-_-NA-_-N82E16834314973

Being OLD doesn't go very far back these days... The XP machines would be old since microsoft does not support their operating system anymore. This will soon be coming to the WIN 7 machines...

I got three or four still working in great order 'OLD' machines... I plan to use them with my HAM RADIO as much as I can...

I used to give all of my old machines to the local high school shops for the kids to play with but they won't accept them any more - They are too old they say haha...

I see alot of refurbished HP at the Walmarts... I'm sort of a DELL MAN I guess. The DELL WORK STATION LAPTOPS was what we used all the time in the working world.

If the refurbs have warranty I would not be afraid of them whatsoever... The worse they can do is just give you another working one...

I just got a great DELL LAPTOP from QVC on the six month no interest payment plan. This thing screams and comes with latest high speed build-out with all kinds of free software etc... Will become a WIN 10 machine at the end of this month for free... This new LAPTOP will be the final one for awhile here as we have replaced everyones LAPTOP now using QVC. Each one of us got a different color to keep them separated haha... Mine turned out to be the BLUE color. I'd rather spend $400-$500 on a brand new latest high end model 'deal' verses $250 for a refurb model...

Roy Ken

Many companies lease equipment for 2-3 years and replace to maintain current equipment. The off lease equipment is repaired as necessary and brought back to "as new" specs. They can come with new warranties.

This reply is prepared from a refurbished Dell that I purchased in 2006.

It totally depends upon who did the refurbishing. I have purchased refurbished, but only refurbished by and purchased directly from quality manufacturers. Other than that, you never know what you will be getting. For some, refurbished could mean simply opening up the case and blowing out the dust.

You are buying a laptop that someone had problems with and returned to a store as damaged and it was sent back to the company as it could not be resold in the condition that it was in. The company fixes it and sells it - as you say - as a refurb. Now when you buy it you are hoping that there was nothing else wrong with it that was not fixed. As to businesses turning in computers to the manufacturer when they want new computers - ? - if they want new computers chances are their current computers are outdated or underpowered for recent software.

If this is the only way to afford a laptop it is worth the risk - BUT it has to be for a lot, lot less than the same laptop would sell for new.