On Tuesday 01 March 2005 05:48 am, Jim Ray wrote: > > Any comments on the wisdom of buying IBM Certified Used equipment? > > Specifically, a couple of P4-grade PC's (NetVista). How used is it > > likely to be? This is definitely not mission-critical, but would like it > > to be reasonably reliable. > > [JR>] my StinkPad has worked flawlessly for a year and running. I'd do it > all over again when the need arises and had paid $1250 used for something > that would have cost me $2500 new at the time.
+1, me too. Love my refurb T23 laptop. I have only third hand information on how used it could be. Apparently, a lot of the used/refurb stuff is returns of leased machines from businesses. The hardware may have been actively used for a year or two. Others may have been sent to a customer account but never really used. In any case, I imagine that IBM wouldn't send you a PC with sticky keys or something stupid and easy for them to fix/replace/refurb. But, yeah, the hard drive may have already used a year or two of its life, etc. Just be sure that the you know the specs and that you'll be ready/able to replace/upgrade as needed. ---Tom -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
