refurbished laptops

[bobthedinosaur]

thinking of buying a laptop real soon. looking for something that will last awhile and i can doodle in spring on while im caught up on homework, and for not a lot of mulla.

so i come here to ask for advice.

this dell d610 caught my attention for $450, sound like a bad idea or what?

Dell Latitude D610 - Pentium Mobile 2.13 GHz - 1GB - 60GB Hdd - 14.1" Display - DVD / CD-RW - WiFi - Windows XP Home Installed - Battery Guaranteed - 6 Month Warranty

[SwiftSpear]

Well... the price is right. At least it doesn't have a celleron like most laptops under 500$. Keep in mind, buying refurbished, you're getting a much shorter warranty period then you would be getting buying new, and laptops are a nightmare if something breaks on them.

The 60GB HDD is sorta sad though.

I'd say you're not exactly getting a screaming deal with that laptop, but you're not being ripped off.

[Felix the Cat]

Hard drive size doesn't matter unless you're actually going to use it.

People are always like "get a bigger hard drive" - but unless you plan on stockpiling movies or something, a bigger hard drive is a waste of money.

You should reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows every 6 months or so anyways.

[SwiftSpear]

I'm already using over 500 gig on my assortment of drives.

[Felix the Cat]

I'm already using over 500 gig on my assortment of drives.

I'm using 30gb and that's with a lot of useless stuff.

edit. you must have an epic pron collection

[Otherside]

seems like an ok deal

i got 2tb hdd space on my new rig so it is vital to have space

[Felix the Cat]

seems like an ok deal

i got 2tb hdd space on my new rig so it is vital to have space

you must have an epic furry pron collection

[rattle]

I use about 220 GB now, most of which are isos. But I got along well with only 120 GB (actually only 80) over the last decade. Watch and delete.

[Peet]

I've got a 320 and a 250 almost full...too many archival backups <_<

[Caydr]

2¼ ^^

[Neddie]

I have 1.75 TB of content, and none of it is pornographic. Well, none that I know of... there are about 300 GB unexamined.

[rattle]

I have 1.75 TB of content and all of it is of pornographic nature.

Fixed.

[Zpock]

Your just gonna end up filling all the space up sooner or later and then have to delete to make room, might as well start doing that from the beginning and then also have less stuff to care about loosing when reformating.

[Felix the Cat]

We might be better off asking - what are you going to use the laptop for?

I've had something like 7 computers so far, and I've never run out of space on any of them. I've always had average or below-average hard drive capacity. But - here's the kicker - I don't download massive amounts of content... I think the most downloaded stuff I have is 100 or so songs (at about 3MB apiece that's 300MB which is nothing) on my old laptop.

Besides which, if you want to save a bunch of content it's better to have an external hard drive. If you want to ensure optimum performance, a clean reformat + reinstall of Windows (Linux, whatever) every 6 months or so is the best way to go.