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Comment by ChrisR on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 7, 2024 07:01 AM)
Several major PC manufacturers (Dell, Lenovo, etc.) have outlet stores where they sell last year's stock, refurbished warranty returns and "scratch & ...
Comment by cal67 on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 7, 2024 12:20 AM)
I've been playing around with computers for at least 25 years by now and in all that time have only purchased one new personal computer. (I have purch...
Comment by Misterfish on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 09:49 PM)
I've bought second hand computers for twenty years now. My security is based on taking the hard drive from my old computer, and plugging it into the n...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. (Oldster) on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 09:46 PM)
My primary laptop PC is a refurbished Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05 Gaming device with an Intel(R) Core™ i7-10750H CPU, 32GB RAM, a 500GB (system reports ...
Comment by Curtis on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 09:01 PM)
I appreciate your comments about buying a used computer, but I have bought several used units, performed a Zero write to all of the drive and then use...
Comment by Kevin on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 07:34 PM)
Fortunately, my refurbished corporate workstation pc has served me well: 9 years use so far, with almost no issues. (Replaced the DVD burner with a ne...
Comment by MartinW on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 07:00 PM)
The last new computer I bought was close to 20 years ago. It needed a new hard drive within 2-3 years, but is still chugging along right now. Everythi...
Comment by Paul S on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 05:59 PM)
Bought a refurbished SFF computer at Newegg. Had a problem with the video. Contacted refurbisher, did a few tests for them; they sent me a replacement...
Comment by hifi5000 on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 05:37 PM)
For the past 10 years,I have bought many used computers for various projects and had no serious issues.Many of the computers I bought had inadequate R...
Comment by Wild Bill on Buy a Used Computer: YES or NO? (September 6, 2024 05:31 PM)
Also, with the October 2025 end-of-life for Windows 10 security support, quite a lot of used computers may be unable to run Windows 11 with it's secur...
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