Buying a refurbished laptop

davholla

I am thinking of getting one of the below any thoughts or better suggestions?
HP Elitebook 8440p, 3 Year Warranty i5 Laptop, 8 GB Memory, 1TB HDD, Wireless for £299




http://www.cheaplaptopcompany.co.uk/laptops/Manufacturer/Refurbished-HP-Laptops/refurbished-hp8440p-3year
or this

• Intel i5 2.5GHz 2nd Gen Processor
• 8GB RAM
• 2TB Hard Drive
• 15" Widescreen
• Windows 10
• 12 Month Warranty

For 399
http://www.cheaplaptopcompany.co.uk/laptops/Manufacturer/Refurbished-IBM-Laptops/refurbished-lenovo-thinkpad-t520-8gb-1tb

WAYT

Forget about it..... old and overpriced.

Something a bit more up to date: http://mcscom.co.uk/product/dell-inspiron-15-5558-i5-5200u-2-20ghz-8gb-1tb-920m-15-6-fhd-w10h-1yr-rtb-wty-mln298/

Not necessarily a recommendation, but a place from where to begin.

davholla

Thanks for that but that site only sells to trade what about this
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6688921

CPU, Memory and Operating System:

• AMD E Series 7010 dual core processor.
• 1.5GHz processor speed.
• 4GB RAM.
• 1TB HDD storage.
• Microsoft Windows 10.

Display features:

• 15.6 inch screen.
• High definition display.
• Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.

Graphics:

• AMD Radeon HD.
• Shared graphics card.

or is the processor too slow?

kwikbreaks

Why have you moved away from the refurb route? It's a definite way of saving some money so long as you do some research. Argos and Tesco both have eBay shops where they sell what are probably pretty much unused customer returns and offer some sort of warranty,

davholla

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Why have you moved away from the refurb route? It's a definite way of saving some money so long as you do some research. Argos and Tesco both have eBay shops where they sell what are probably pretty much unused customer returns and offer some sort of warranty,

Mainly because I am not sure what is a good bargain

davholla

What do people think about this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T410-i-Windows-10-Laptop-Webcam-Warranty-Core-i3-2-53GHz-4GB-Ram-/232194717609
£193 Intel Core i3 1st Gen 2.53 Processor 8GB ram, 1TB hardrive
Any thoughts?

WAYT

davholla wrote: »

Thanks for that but that site only sells to trade what about this
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6688921

or is the processor too slow?

Who told you that they only sold to trade?? Are you making things up?

Lorian

An 8440p whilst built like a brick outhouse is very obsolete and slower than the specs would have you believe. In the past a staple model for many large corporates, which will have sent them for recycling for a fraction of the price that site is charging.

Just for some perspective this model was superseded by an 8460p -> 8470p -> 840 G1 -> 840 G2 -> 840 G3/G4

840G1 is accetable but anything from the G1 onwards aren't built like the previous models.

davholla

WAYT wrote: »

Who told you that they only sold to trade?? Are you making things up?

I can understand your surprise but their terms of conditions state
http://mcscom.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/

We are a Trade Supplier and by accepting these Terms And Conditions you are agreeing that the items purchased from us are for business use and that you accept our terms and conditions.

I am not surprised that you didn't believe me - I find it hard to believe.
If I understand correctly and I have a bad headache so might be wrong, it is against their terms and conditions to buy a laptop for private use. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong - I have had a very long day and am not quite with it.

davholla

Lorian wrote: »

An 8440p whilst built like a brick outhouse is very obsolete and slower than the specs would have you believe. In the past a staple model for many large corporates, which will have sent them for recycling for a fraction of the price that site is charging.

Just for some perspective this model was superseded by an 8460p -> 8470p -> 840 G1 -> 840 G2 -> 840 G3/G4

840G1 is accetable but anything from the G1 onwards aren't built like the previous models.

Thanks for that, that is why I am not sure about refurbished the other one I found is lenovo thinkpad t410 i and the specs look good but it is from 2010 (I think)

kwikbreaks

Take a look through the Tesco Outlet shop on eBay.

These are going to be customer returns. They will all be relatively recent, many will be pretty much brand new, I think they will have a warranty too....

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/tescooutlet/laptops-/_i.html?_fsub=1374384014&_sid=983611004