Refurbished Laptops
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Looking at a company called Gadget Centre
They will sell a refurbished laptop with the following specs
Intel Core I7
32gb ram
2tb ssd
medium graphic use
backlit keyoard
1920x1080 screen resolution
built in bluetooth
wifi
windows option 2.4ghz &5 Gh
win 11
video editing and graphic 3d design ( learning fusion)
3yr warranty
total 550.00
Is this a too good to be true system
There are lots of good feedbak...but from who??
Or would i be better off upgrading my current HP with more ram and the SSD?
Any thoughts dealings?
They will sell a refurbished laptop with the following specs
Intel Core I7
32gb ram
2tb ssd
medium graphic use
backlit keyoard
1920x1080 screen resolution
built in bluetooth
wifi
windows option 2.4ghz &5 Gh
win 11
video editing and graphic 3d design ( learning fusion)
3yr warranty
total 550.00
Is this a too good to be true system
There are lots of good feedbak...but from who??
Or would i be better off upgrading my current HP with more ram and the SSD?
Any thoughts dealings?
I have bought used ex-industry laptops several times with good results including via ebay.
Most firms, including the one I work for, replace laptops when the service cover runs out after 3-4 years, many of which will have spent that time sat on a desk plugged into a usb-c dock doing very little. There are so many its hard to shift them all so the prices are rock bottom. They leave our office literally by the pallet load.
Another option is a Dell outlet laptop.
Most firms, including the one I work for, replace laptops when the service cover runs out after 3-4 years, many of which will have spent that time sat on a desk plugged into a usb-c dock doing very little. There are so many its hard to shift them all so the prices are rock bottom. They leave our office literally by the pallet load.
Another option is a Dell outlet laptop.
dhutch said:
I have bought used ex-industry laptops several times with good results including via ebay.
Most firms, including the one I work for, replace laptops when the service cover runs out after 3-4 years, many of which will have spent that time sat on a desk plugged into a usb-c dock doing very little. There are so many its hard to shift them all so the prices are rock bottom. They leave our office literally by the pallet load.
Another option is a Dell outlet laptop.
Exactly my experience when I worked in IT support. Big firms will renew typically every 3 years. The bosses might get something new and shiny every 2 years to keep them happy (even though underneath it's practically the same spec but they wouldn't know that). Most firms, including the one I work for, replace laptops when the service cover runs out after 3-4 years, many of which will have spent that time sat on a desk plugged into a usb-c dock doing very little. There are so many its hard to shift them all so the prices are rock bottom. They leave our office literally by the pallet load.
Another option is a Dell outlet laptop.
With WEEE and GDPR etc laptops would get picked up for "recycling" for free. Nobody was particularly bothered what happened to the devices so long as receipts were given and all green and data peeps were happy legislation was followed. We removed the SSDs but other than chucking in a new SSD the only cost for these refurb companies will be time to image it with a new OS and give it a quick dust and polish.
Since COVID too, for business continuity reasons most offices that were still using desktops switched to laptops, putting more laptops into the used market round about now...
Never used the company the OP has used but bought all my tech 2nd hand from Backmarket (Mini PC, laptop, monitor, and mobile phone) and have absolutely no issues with any of it. Going forward, their replacements will be used too.
Yeah, I moved to being laptop based a few years before covid, and have been so every since even after moving job.
The whole office here is laptop based. We have one singular desktop machine in the whole team, used as a 'server' for batch processing engineering drawings into pdf.
We have done the same at home, laptop, usb-c dock, twinscreens, keyboard and mouse.
Flexibility, modular, little to no extra cost, and more than powerful enough even for CAD use.
The whole office here is laptop based. We have one singular desktop machine in the whole team, used as a 'server' for batch processing engineering drawings into pdf.
We have done the same at home, laptop, usb-c dock, twinscreens, keyboard and mouse.
Flexibility, modular, little to no extra cost, and more than powerful enough even for CAD use.
I've bought two Lenovo Thinkpads for my kids to take to college/uni from a refurbishing firm via eBay and they have been great.
I paid around £250 each for them, and they are about four years old, and come with a new install of Win11. Condition is excellent, with barely any marks on them and no issues with the screens or anything. They look like they were barely used by the previous owner.
Personally, I'd have no qualms about buying another one in the future.
I paid around £250 each for them, and they are about four years old, and come with a new install of Win11. Condition is excellent, with barely any marks on them and no issues with the screens or anything. They look like they were barely used by the previous owner.
Personally, I'd have no qualms about buying another one in the future.
What is the actual model number of the processor? Just putting i7 is pretty meaningless as a 5 year old i7 would be slower than a current i3.
I think Intel have done well with their marketing as most not tech people think the higher the I number the better, without understanding cores, threads etc.
My current work laptop has an i7, great you might think except it is some cut down version for slimline laptops and only has four cores.
I think Intel have done well with their marketing as most not tech people think the higher the I number the better, without understanding cores, threads etc.
My current work laptop has an i7, great you might think except it is some cut down version for slimline laptops and only has four cores.
That's got plenty of RAM and a honking big SSD.
But, there's no mention of CPU generation/model, screen size, graphics processor (if any), ports, etc.
I've just sold an I7 Macbook pro with 1TB SSD, 'retina' screen and nvidia graphics on eBay for about £100 - but that was 13 years old...
Unless you plan on running it purely from mains, budget on a replacement battery too.
But, there's no mention of CPU generation/model, screen size, graphics processor (if any), ports, etc.
I've just sold an I7 Macbook pro with 1TB SSD, 'retina' screen and nvidia graphics on eBay for about £100 - but that was 13 years old...
Unless you plan on running it purely from mains, budget on a replacement battery too.
silentbrown said:
Unless you plan on running it purely from mains, budget on a replacement battery too.
Good point, the battery will be toast as well. Personally as someone who has worked in it for 30 years and built pcs for longer than that, I would just spend that money and buy something brand new from the Dell site.Plus as the processor is probably old, the ram will be running at a much lower speed than a modern laptop.
Get the full details of any refurb model you're interested in so you can check the general reviews for that brand and model to make sure the basics are decent enough. e.g. robust (no flaws with cracking cases at hinges) as it'll already be several years old, no overheating or other basic flaws that some performance laptops have especially older generations.
Sounds like you want one with a bit of muscle for graphics side of things so needs to be a base model designed to cope with that performance rather than a general model overspecced with more powerful cpu etc.
Personally I only use refurbed Lenovo Thinkpad T series laptops having bought several over the years from ebay long term resellers where they often have discount offers found via the likes of hotukdeals. All of them are still going strong, have given one to my brother and another to my mum as they only need them for basic tasks like the internet so even 10 year old ones running Windows 10 or linux are still very capable, and the robustness of that series means they'll last 'forever'.
So certainly recommend a business grade laptop designed to provide the level of power you need. They're both a bargain in the refurb scene from a reputable reseller dealing in thousands of the things, and designed to be robust enough to last and are often easily upgradeable and repairable so can replace worn out keyboards and screens or the storage or ram without fighting it.
Sounds like you want one with a bit of muscle for graphics side of things so needs to be a base model designed to cope with that performance rather than a general model overspecced with more powerful cpu etc.
Personally I only use refurbed Lenovo Thinkpad T series laptops having bought several over the years from ebay long term resellers where they often have discount offers found via the likes of hotukdeals. All of them are still going strong, have given one to my brother and another to my mum as they only need them for basic tasks like the internet so even 10 year old ones running Windows 10 or linux are still very capable, and the robustness of that series means they'll last 'forever'.
So certainly recommend a business grade laptop designed to provide the level of power you need. They're both a bargain in the refurb scene from a reputable reseller dealing in thousands of the things, and designed to be robust enough to last and are often easily upgradeable and repairable so can replace worn out keyboards and screens or the storage or ram without fighting it.
silverfoxcc said:
Looking at a company called Gadget Centre
They will sell a refurbished laptop with the following specs
Intel Core I7
32gb ram
2tb ssd
medium graphic use
backlit keyoard
1920x1080 screen resolution
built in bluetooth
wifi
windows option 2.4ghz &5 Gh
win 11
video editing and graphic 3d design ( learning fusion)
3yr warranty
total 550.00
Is this a too good to be true system
There are lots of good feedbak...but from who??
Or would i be better off upgrading my current HP with more ram and the SSD?
Any thoughts dealings?
We bought two for 50 quid each and they are great, almost like new!They will sell a refurbished laptop with the following specs
Intel Core I7
32gb ram
2tb ssd
medium graphic use
backlit keyoard
1920x1080 screen resolution
built in bluetooth
wifi
windows option 2.4ghz &5 Gh
win 11
video editing and graphic 3d design ( learning fusion)
3yr warranty
total 550.00
Is this a too good to be true system
There are lots of good feedbak...but from who??
Or would i be better off upgrading my current HP with more ram and the SSD?
Any thoughts dealings?
Just had a google. That's a very wierd setup.
https://www.gcentre.co.uk/laptop-builder/
It looks like you've no idea what the actual base machine will be, just that it ticks those "spec" boxes that you've selected. You could get a one-year old machine, or a ten-year old clunker.
https://www.gcentre.co.uk/laptop-builder/
It looks like you've no idea what the actual base machine will be, just that it ticks those "spec" boxes that you've selected. You could get a one-year old machine, or a ten-year old clunker.
ThingsBehindTheSun said:
silentbrown said:
Unless you plan on running it purely from mains, budget on a replacement battery too.
Good point, the battery will be toast as well. Anything with pouch cells is always going to do it sooner or later, at least ones with cylindrical cells usually just degrade & won't hold charge.
There is a PC repair place near me. i popped in to ask dollowibg
HP laptop running slow takes up to 4mins to be ok to use.. can you look at it and possibly change the HDD to SSD...
also the desktop has win 10 so need an upgradde and a Mb 64but instead of tge 32bit ine
Got quoted a two day turnround and 400 ish to do both..... Methibks they have the job .
HP laptop running slow takes up to 4mins to be ok to use.. can you look at it and possibly change the HDD to SSD...
also the desktop has win 10 so need an upgradde and a Mb 64but instead of tge 32bit ine
Got quoted a two day turnround and 400 ish to do both..... Methibks they have the job .
silentbrown said:
Just had a google. That's a very wierd setup.
https://www.gcentre.co.uk/laptop-builder/
It looks like you've no idea what the actual base machine will be, just that it ticks those "spec" boxes that you've selected. You could get a one-year old machine, or a ten-year old clunker.
Yeah it's an interesting concept. https://www.gcentre.co.uk/laptop-builder/
It looks like you've no idea what the actual base machine will be, just that it ticks those "spec" boxes that you've selected. You could get a one-year old machine, or a ten-year old clunker.
No idea on the laptop size and weight, no idea on the screen size, no idea what generation of processor etc etc.
To answer the OP I'd have absolutely no problem recommending a "professional" spec'd used laptop, but I'd pass on that gadget centre offering personally.
silverfoxcc said:
There is a PC repair place near me. i popped in to ask dollowibg
HP laptop running slow takes up to 4mins to be ok to use.. can you look at it and possibly change the HDD to SSD...
also the desktop has win 10 so need an upgradde and a Mb 64but instead of tge 32bit ine
Got quoted a two day turnround and 400 ish to do both..... Methibks they have the job .
Methinks you need a spellchecker.HP laptop running slow takes up to 4mins to be ok to use.. can you look at it and possibly change the HDD to SSD...
also the desktop has win 10 so need an upgradde and a Mb 64but instead of tge 32bit ine
Got quoted a two day turnround and 400 ish to do both..... Methibks they have the job .
Seeing as you can buy a certified, warrantied Dell refurb laptop for less than that, that sounds daft.
https://outlet.euro.dell.com/GDOOnline/Online/Inve...
silentbrown said:
Methinks you need a spellchecker.
Seeing as you can buy a certified, warrantied Dell refurb laptop for less than that, that sounds daft.
https://outlet.euro.dell.com/GDOOnline/Online/Inve...
oSeeing as you can buy a certified, warrantied Dell refurb laptop for less than that, that sounds daft.
https://outlet.euro.dell.com/GDOOnline/Online/Inve...
100% agree, I have bought several refurbed dells in the past and they have all looked brand new.
What processor does your current laptop have? You could buy an SSD for £30 and install windows in an afternoon, it is not difficult.
These small computer shops charge comedy prices, it is always cheaper to just buy a new laptop. My daughter broke the screen in her laptop and they wanted £180 for a replacement. I ended up taking the screen out to have a look and could see they had already had it out, I suspect they had already replaced it when I told my ex wife to tell them we didn't want it done and put the old one back.
I ended up buying a screen from ebay for £33 and it took me five minutes to replace.
Edited by ThingsBehindTheSun on Thursday 4th September 12:41
silentbrown said:
Seeing as you can buy a certified, warrantied Dell refurb laptop for less than that, that sounds daft.
https://outlet.euro.dell.com/GDOOnline/Online/Inve...
Agree.https://outlet.euro.dell.com/GDOOnline/Online/Inve...
Very nice 3yo laptop for £400, and switch the desktop for a usb-c dock.
I would steer clear of "Lenevo Thinkpad E14 Gen 2" generation laptops. My workplace have had to replace all of them due to most of them failing at around 3 years old. They play a series of beeps and don't boot up, my beeps signified something wrong with the motherboard.
We had c80 failures out of 130 laptops in circulation. For some reason we bought the laptops rather than lease, we have now gone back to lease with regular replacement.
We had c80 failures out of 130 laptops in circulation. For some reason we bought the laptops rather than lease, we have now gone back to lease with regular replacement.
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