[ale] Is there anybody we don't hate too much for Refurbs?

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Thanks.  That does seem like the shortest way out of the swamp.   It 
does seem to me that Win10 has issues on a 4GB desktop. We have an ACER 
notebook and it was much less draggy on Win7.  It is very difficult/near 
impossible to upgrade to more RAM.

Spouse's DELL should be $19 to bring up to 8GB.

The other thought we tried today was to put TurboTax on the Win10 I use 
for occasional Android development and RDP to it.  Which works ok.

regards,

Neal

On 2019-10-24 12:58, Calvin Harrigan via Ale wrote:
> I second Allen's idea to update to 10 and use the Win 7 key. I've used
> this method a couple times this year already.  10 doesn't require that
> much more, if any, resources than 7.
> 
> Thanks
> On 10/24/2019 13:11, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
>> I wish you had sent this last week.  I'm in the refurbish and resell 
>> business (buy government surplus, and refurbish).  However, I sold my 
>> last PC of that last batch last week, and I probably won't do another 
>> batch until after the holidays.
>> 
>> I will second what others have said - Microcenter.  Note that the 
>> refurbs are not on display.  You can order online and pick up at the 
>> store, though.
>> Depending on the specs of your computer, you could just put Windows 10 
>> on there.  If it still has the Windows 7 OEM or retail license code 
>> sticker, those will work to activate Windows 10! Download the media, 
>> install the correction edition (home, pro), and use that Windows 7 
>> code.  When it connects to the internet, it will activate.
>> 
>> Allen B.
>> 
>> On 10/24/19 11:30 AM, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
>>> Slightly off-topic, but not too much.
>>> 
>>> My wife and partner informs me that TurboTax will no longer run on 
>>> her Win7 desktop.   Without TurboTax, life ends as we know it.
>>> 
>>> We have used off-lease refurbs for most of our company's life. If 
>>> it's a server, I get a refurb and replace the disk with a new 
>>> mirrored pair. (and load linux)   If it's a desktop, I feel lucky.
>>> 
>>> Thus far we've been fortunate at getting them from Tiger Direct.  
>>> Alas, no longer.   Got one on Amazon a few years back and that has 
>>> been fine for Android development.
>>> 
>>> So, I trying to find average form factor 8GB, 1TB disk, Win 10 Pro, 
>>> VGA & HDMI.    When I look at Amazon, there are plenty of choices.  
>>> Many of which have 15-25% one-star ratings. And you read them, it's a 
>>> horror show - "arrived with broken power supply",  "NIC 
>>> intermittent",  "Vendor non-communicative".
>>> 
>>> Yes, Amazon is horrible at policing their suppliers.    I'm 
>>> wondering.... are companies being more selective at only letting go 
>>> of their desktops when they know they are going south?   Are refurb 
>>> vendors getting worse?
>>> 
>>> Is there anybody we like for refurbs these days?
>>> 
>>> I see the last one I bought was from Amazon Renewed, which says it 
>>> has a 90 day Amazon guarantee.  I just checked at it has a 19% one 
>>> star review.   I guess I was just lucky.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Neal
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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