Depends on several factors: Warrantee that came with the thing
Who did the refurb, and who is doing the warrantee, and how much I expect to be able to (find them and) get them to honour that warrantee in 4 weeks time. Who is going to use it Do I have to support it, and how far, and how often will I have to travel to where it is to deal with any reported problems. How important it is that it continues working, and doesn't corrupt all the data, and whatever backup (USB hard drive perhaps) that will be used for the data backup. Will it come with CD's of the OS and software - if not what about the recovery partition - is there, or can I create a backup DVD Remember Windows XP Home will cost you about £100 if the installed OS has one of those unacceptable to MS licences Then again, remember that all the above applies to a 'new' system, and to a second-hand system from the fellow down the road Most of it also applies to the fellow with the van parked outside the bar, or DIY superstore/WAL-MART ( The warrantee and finding them bit is 99% no chance) Basically it comes down to price for what you get - £30 for a system with memory, a 40Gb hard drive and a DVD-Rewriter drive complete with software and CD's - Grabbit fast - providing you do not suspect it's stolen £150 for that lot wants thinking about as a new system will only be about £250 ( Monitors -similarly check you get any driver CD, and that the display works - all black, white, green, yellow, red, blue, and displays black and blue characters on a white and yellow background, and does so adequately for at least 10 minutes) JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Dykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:00 PM Subject: Refurbished Monitors > Hi Folks, > > I know many of you are computer repairmen. > > Would you recommend a refurbished computer? > > I know I have purchased refurbished items (mostly tools) and have been > really satisfied, but not sure about electronics. > > Regards, > > Jim > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
