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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 10:27:29 GMT -5
Decided to spend my money before the government can grab it to bail out another bank or an auto company.
Got a refurbished HP desktop through Costco on line-- 750 gig hard drive, 256 meg graphics card. 4 gigs of memory and a 24-inch LCD monitor. The interesting thing is the entire outfit cost HALF what the last commercial desktop I purchased cost 12 years ago. This should be great for editing photos.
I had tried to do all the photo stuff on a laptop but it just didn't have the necessary graphics capabilities.
Wayne
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Post by Randy on Mar 4, 2009 12:02:33 GMT -5
I'm still using an old Compaq Presario. Good luck on the new computer.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 12:27:34 GMT -5
If I had my old desktop that I built myself I probably wouldn't do it, but it fried its main board a year and a half ago due to a technician (me) error.
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Post by vintageslrs on Mar 4, 2009 12:43:04 GMT -5
Sounds like a good deal, Wayne!
Good Luck and Enjoy
Bob
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Post by renaldo on Mar 4, 2009 15:54:52 GMT -5
Have always been leery of "refurbs" and never purchased any. However I have heard that if you get one restored/rebuilt from the factory they are OK. Just stay away from others.
My age 19 nephew built his computer from scratch and has helped others do the same. Is now taking up computers.
Compaq Presario...hmm...dinasaur age? Actually our first PC was one and we really liked it. Our 2nd. one was an HP and we now have a Dell. I have heard that some of the less known brands like Acer and eMachine are actually quite good and cheaper than the name brands.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 18:53:04 GMT -5
Usually on electronics if something is going to fail it fails in the first 90-days. I haven't had any problem with electronic factory refurbs. The bugs already have been killed. Plus saving some $$
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Post by John Parry on Mar 5, 2009 5:56:02 GMT -5
Quite right about the 'Out-of-Box' failures Wayne. The graph of equipment failures against time is called the 'Bathtub Diagram' - because it looks like an old fashioned bath seen from the side. A factory refurbishment should bring your equipment nicely to the bottom of the bath - and most electronic equipment is obsolete long before you get to the plug-hole at the other end!
Renaldo - I would say Acer are a main line brand now, their sales are comparable to companies like Packard-Bell and Toshiba.
My Acer laptop works just fine (when I remember not to rest my hand on the mouse pad and buttons!). And as a recommendation, I dropped it on the hard tiled floor in my kitchen while it was switched on. Just picked it up and carried on...
Regards - John
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Post by PeterW on Mar 5, 2009 8:26:56 GMT -5
I've got no agrument with refurbished computers. I bought an e-machines refurbished computer about five years ago. I had no problems with it until about six months ago when, after several upgrades the main chip decided it had taken enough and burnt out.
The original chip was no longer available, so John put in a 'near enough' replacement which was OK except that the machine got progresively slower. Obviously the end of its life for the demands I was making on it.
At the moment I'm using one John lent me while he builds a machine which will take all I ask.
Were told by the wholesaler that suplied the e-machine that most factory refurbished ones are computers that have been returned within six months under warranty and a new machine supplied in their place. Instead of being 'repaired' the power supply was checked and replaced if necessary. Apart from this they were literally de-gutted and put on the assembly line for rebuilding. This was cheaper in labour than spending time tracing the fault. They were as near as dammit new but they couldn't be sold as 'new' under one or other of the consumer protection acts.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2009 11:39:49 GMT -5
John: I had an Acer LCD that I gave to my sis that is a great monitor.
Peter: My daughter, who works for HP, says there is nothing wrong with probably half the hardware that is returned under warantee. The only problem is good old operator error.
Like the woman who called the computer tech support to say her computer wouldn't run. The tech guy said the first thing she needed to do was check and make sure the computer was plugged in. The woman said she couldn't see the plug because the room was dark because of a power failure!!
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