<div dir="ltr"><div>Our local GoodWill has a computer sub store, and I have a multi-core Dell mini-tower that cost $35 before I added a drive and some RAM. It shouldn't be hard to find something. They also have pre-built Winderz boxes for $200 or so. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Note that "local" to me is coastal SC. Otherwise I'd go help you look. :)<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Slightly off-topic, but not too much.<br>
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My wife and partner informs me that TurboTax will no longer run on her <br>
Win7 desktop. Without TurboTax, life ends as we know it.<br>
<br>
We have used off-lease refurbs for most of our company's life. If it's <br>
a server, I get a refurb and replace the disk with a new mirrored pair. <br>
(and load linux) If it's a desktop, I feel lucky.<br>
<br>
Thus far we've been fortunate at getting them from Tiger Direct. Alas, <br>
no longer. Got one on Amazon a few years back and that has been fine <br>
for Android development.<br>
<br>
So, I trying to find average form factor 8GB, 1TB disk, Win 10 Pro, VGA <br>
& HDMI. When I look at Amazon, there are plenty of choices. Many of <br>
which have 15-25% one-star ratings. And you read them, it's a horror <br>
show - "arrived with broken power supply", "NIC intermittent", "Vendor <br>
non-communicative".<br>
<br>
Yes, Amazon is horrible at policing their suppliers. I'm <br>
wondering.... are companies being more selective at only letting go of <br>
their desktops when they know they are going south? Are refurb vendors <br>
getting worse?<br>
<br>
Is there anybody we like for refurbs these days?<br>
<br>
I see the last one I bought was from Amazon Renewed, which says it has a <br>
90 day Amazon guarantee. I just checked at it has a 19% one star <br>
review. I guess I was just lucky.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Neal<br>
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