refurbished

[glatt]

My MIL wants me to buy her a refurbed Dell laptop on Ebay from the official Dell refurb store. They sell about 30 a day.

I've promised to buy one and load basic software on it (ninite!) and send it to her. I'm a little nervous. I don't want to be responsible if it sucks.

[Lola Bunny]

I don't like the idea of buying refurbished electronics because I'm.....ummm...a snob? I don't know. I have a fear of them dying on me.

[mbpark]

Originally Posted by glatt

My MIL wants me to buy her a refurbed Dell laptop on Ebay from the official Dell refurb store. They sell about 30 a day.

I've promised to buy one and load basic software on it (ninite!) and send it to her. I'm a little nervous. I don't want to be responsible if it sucks.

If you buy her one, make sure it has an Intel processor. AMD in a Dell is a guarantee it will suck and make your family gatherings more awkward.

[glatt]

Thanks for the advice. I won an auction for a Latitude E6410 Intel i5 2.67 Ghz with 4GB RAM and a modest 160GB hard drive. Windows 7.

It was rated in very good shape ("A") and was just within her budget at $296.

I expect she'll be happy.

[Spexxvet]

My Lenovo T400 Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 3GB Memory 160GB HDD Integrated Graphics 14.0" Windows 7 Home Premium came yesterday. I'm looking forward to quicker, problem free performance. Now I just have to install all the stuff I'm used to and need. My photos and music are on a (very full) 80 gig external hard drive. I hope that'll be just a plug in kind of operation.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

My Lenovo T400 Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 3GB Memory 160GB HDD Integrated Graphics 14.0" Windows 7 Home Premium came yesterday. I'm looking forward to quicker, problem free performance. Now I just have to install all the stuff I'm used to and need. My photos and music are on a (very full) 80 gig external hard drive. I hope that'll be just a plug in kind of operation.

If you use iTunes for your music, you'll have to rebuild the library. If you use Picasa for your pictures, you'll have to rebuild your library. As for Picasa, I have some tips about how to use a helper program with Picasa, Picasa Starter, that I've found extremely useful for managing a collection of pictures that does not reside on the local machine.

In any case, your music (*.mp3 files) and your pictures (*.jpg files) are likely still on your external drive.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by BigV

If you use iTunes for your music, you'll have to rebuild the library. If you use Picasa for your pictures, you'll have to rebuild your library. As for Picasa, I have some tips about how to use a helper program with Picasa, Picasa Starter, that I've found extremely useful for managing a collection of pictures that does not reside on the local machine.

In any case, your music (*.mp3 files) and your pictures (*.jpg files) are likely still on your external drive.

Thanks for the tip