[ale] dell refurbished laptops

[Robert L. Harris]

Well I need a new laptop as mine got thirsty and seems to have a
permanent hangover (not from new years is the sad part).  Got a link to
the Refurb page, digging around is slow on this system.

Thus spake Hogg, Russell E (ctcrreho at opm.gov):

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> I went that route.
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> Couldn't be happier, I figure I saved in the 6 or 800 dollar range.  The
> only thing about refurbs is you don't get to build them out.  So you have to
> wait until what you want comes along.  
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> I was not able to get the internal wireless card for example for mine.  This
> isn't so big a deal as I have a several different cards for different uses
> anyway.  But it would have been cool.
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> I "surfed" the refurb site for a couple of days so I could see what sort of
> prices to expect.  I noticed the machines configured like I wanted were
> running in the 2600 dollar range.  After a couple of days one came along at
> 2400 and I jumped on it.
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> I guessed at the time that it would have been roughly 3200 new.
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> Happy hunting
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> Russ
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 4:30 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] dell refurbished laptops
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> I know someone on the list has one, but deleted the original message. 
> Just wondering if it was received in essentially "new" condition, and if
> there are any caveats to watch for.
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> Thanks!!!
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> John
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