Buying a refurbished laptop

WAYT

davholla wrote: »

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

The DELL Outlet for Business site is also supposed to be for business use. You can still buy from it. Your warranty will be honoured all the same.
It's just that the returns policy may be different.

WAYT

davholla wrote: »

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)

Personally, I would either go cheap and customise as and when or go to the top of the budget and get all the bells and whistles. At the top of the budget, I wouldn't accept anything less than a Full HD screen. UHD would be even better.

Seven years old is already too old.

davholla

kwikbreaks wrote: »

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

Thanks for that, this one looks good
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-E5-523-93TU-Laptop-15-6-AMD-A9-9410-2-9GHz-8GB-1TB-HDD-Windwos-10-/352081212364?hash=item51f9acf3cc#viTabs_0

kwikbreaks

Have you set a budget? What do you want to run that your current machine has problems with? Do you really need 8GB? Most home users don't.

WAYT

Personally, I would get the one with a 500GB HDD for £324 and then swap the HDD for an SSD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1r4FYTxUs
http://mcscom.co.uk/product/dell-inspiron-15-5558-i5-5200u-2-20ghz-8gb-500gb-920m-15-6-fhd-w10h-1yr-rtb-wty-mln602/

Again, just ideas. It you are going to spend £300, get something decent.
Otherwise, get a cheapie and pop an SSD in it.

That ACER in your link is £329 new. The one in my post was around £550 new.
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1403981/dell-inspiron-15-5000-5558-review

Not the best value I've ever seen, but better than anything else you have found or seen so far.

davholla

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Have you set a budget? What do you want to run that your current machine has problems with? Do you really need 8GB? Most home users don't.

I was hoping for £350 or less, my current machine only has vista is 9 years old and cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 so a lot of software is going to stop and is very slow.

WAYT

davholla wrote: »

I just don't feel happy with breaking the terms - I am sorry if you don't agree with me.
Thanks for the link that looks a great machine should last for some time.

Those terms are not on the eBay sales outlet, so therefore you are not bound by them.

You are simply confusing yourself and creating an issue where there is none.

If you think there may be an issue., call and ask.They'll put your mind at rest.

WAYT

davholla wrote: »

I was hoping for £350 or less, my current machine only has vista is 9 years old and cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 so a lot of software is going to stop and is very slow.

What is the brand name and the full model number of your current laptop?

davholla

WAYT wrote: »

Those terms are not on the eBay sales outlet, so therefore you are not bound by them.

You are simply confusing yourself and creating an issue where there is none.

If you think there may be an issue., call and ask.They'll put your mind at rest.

Good point thank you.

davholla

WAYT wrote: »

What is the brand name and the full model number of your current laptop?

Dell Inspiron 1545