I would never buy a refurbished computer for that reason. You don't know what the previous owner did to it. I would think the price is low for a reason, in other words.
On 10/7/14, Bryan Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point. > > > > Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, > Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. > -----Original Message----- > From: john > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 3:52 PM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] gaming computers > > You might want to take a really close look at that before you buy it, and > make absolutely certain you make a backup of it as soon as you get it. > That's an amazingly low price for a gaming machine, and I'm finding it > somewhat hard to believe that its just going to be full of perfectly > functional and cutting-edge hardware. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Josh Kennedy" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 2:41 PM > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] gaming computers > > yes its refurbished from www.newegg.com > > > On 10/7/2014 10:37 AM, john wrote: >> 3 ghz? Is that a p4? I find it somewhat unlikely that you would get a >> modern >> 3ghz processor alone for $450, let alone the whole machine. Is the >> machine >> refurbished/pre-used? >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Josh Kennedy" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 7:53 AM >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Audyssey] gaming computers >> >> hi >> >> I found great gaming computers at a good price at newegg.com . for >> around $450 you can get a desktop with >> quad core 3.0 or so ghz processor >> 1tb hard drive >> at least 8gigs of ram >> windows7 64bit. >> >> But I imagine this is overkill for what we as blind people need. But I'm >> thinking of getting one just so I can better run virtual machines. maybe >> for christmas. They sound like really fast powerful computers though, >> for games or audio and music and video editing. I guess if you're into >> audio and video editing such a fast machine would work great. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > -- Desiree --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
