Topic: Refurbished notebooks?

[gpw11]

Think there's a risk involved?  I want to pick up the $500 refurbished notebook I linked to in the EEEpc thread which should do nicely at $499. This is strictly for work purposes so I'm not too worried about little things like dead pixels, but what's the general opinion on buying refurbished computer goods?

[Antares]

I've never done it personally, but as I understand it all the refurbished notebooks come with the same warranty and guarantee as a new PC from the manufacturer.  If you can find the notebook that you want I'd say go for it.

I looked into a refurbished when I bought this notebook (close to a year ago... wow) but similarly configured refurbished notebooks weren't really much cheaper than the new one, and I had difficulty finding exactly what I wanted.

[gpw11]

Awesome, I had a feeling it might be something like that.  I'll probably check it out more in-depth tonight. The one I'm looking at is marked down a good $300 and I'm not too worried about dealing with HP should something go wrong as they're a big enough company you can probably just keep on bitching up the ladder until someone appeases you. Thanks.

[poomcgoo]

I bought a refurb laptop from Dell like 3 or so years ago.  I forget the specifics, but I remember it was dirt cheap and a lot faster than I expected.  I still use it every day almost and I haven't had a single problem with it yet.

[scottws]

What about a used laptop?  I got one on eBay for $290.