refurbished

[mbpark]

Buyer Beware.

I would stick with resellers like overstock.com and Newegg to buy refurb equipment since it has some semblance of a warranty and has been serviced by a legitimate company.

I have bought from Overstock.com before and successfully returned refurb equipment. My home PC is a refurbished old Compaq desktop I got from Newegg with a full copy of Windows 7 x64.

Dell also offers refurbs, but I would not buy anything with an AMD processor from them as they had an issue with the processors overheating and melting.

I would not use Craigslist for this type of equipment. Unless you really need it, stick with other places.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by mbpark

Buyer Beware.

I would stick with resellers like overstock.com and Newegg to buy refurb equipment since it has some semblance of a warranty and has been serviced by a legitimate company.

I had my eye on something from Newegg.

Then I got home from work on Friday. My mother in law got a new laptop, and gave me her old one. It's an old HP pavilion "entertainment" unit, and I worked all weekend getting it running adequately, and adding the applications that I like. It still needs work.