Solved Help with decision on purchase of refurbished laptop

[thelma]

Hello hope you are all well. I am now writing on my ( one week old ) smartphone.
The Dell is broken and I am now looking to buy a laptop for around 300 euro so it has to be a refurbished one. I know not to buy on eBay and need a bit of help in the choice of model.
You can see in my system specs what I had before. I think Dell and Toshiba are safe.
I am not a gamer but will use the laptop a lot for my pictures and for watching news, y tube and travel programs nature doc's and so on as I don't like and have a TV.
Any suggestions will be very appreciated and of coarse if I buy something that is not good it will be totally my responsibility.
Many thanks for any help

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Not sure what legitimate retailers are out back
But as far as Dell's here one with win-10 on it and a tad more than you had in mind :/
Inspiron 14 3000 Series Laptop | Dell Australia

The top 6 here all have win-7 looks like but all are way under powered at 1.65Ghz :/
https://www.laptop.com.au/

The only okay looking one with win-7 is way more than 300 more like 500 :/
https://www.laptop.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=3765&osCsid=qcrk37gu4qpgr4gr3dln998p22

Here's one a little cheaper and with 7 on it might be the best one out of all it has a 250gb ssd
https://www.laptop.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=3758&osCsid=qcrk37gu4qpgr4gr3dln998p22

 

[thelma]

Hi Mike and thanks for your help and time involved. I made a note of that Dell inspiron 1122 SSD laptop you found.
I still am in the prosess to findhttp://www.refurbthat.com/refurbished-laptops/refurbished-dell-latitude-e6420-laptop-intel-core-i5-2-50ghz-4gb-memory-320gb-hdd-dvd-rw-and-windows-7-professional out which sellers are relatable in Europe.
But, I found this one. What do you think ?

Refurbished Laptops and Computers | RefurbThat in UK has a DELL latitude E6420 Intel Core i5 2,50Ghz 3BC memory 320 G b HDD DVD/RW windows 7 home premium . 1 YEARS WARRANTY FREE price : 239 euro.

What you think ?

Sorry for any mistakes, this is really small and no right and left click

 

[thelma]

Hi Mike and thanks for your help and time involved. I made a note of that Dell inspiron 1122 SSD laptop you found.
I still am in the prosess to findhttp://www.refurbthat.com/refurbished-laptops/refurbished-dell-latitude-e6420-laptop-intel-core-i5-2-50ghz-4gb-memory-320gb-hdd-dvd-rw-and-windows-7-professional out which sellers are relatable in Europe.
But, I found this one. What do you think ?

Refurbished Laptops and Computers | RefurbThat in UK has a DELL latitude E6420 Intel Core i5 2,50Ghz 3BC memory 320 G b HDD DVD/RW windows 7 home premium . 1 YEARS WARRANTY FREE price : 239 euro.

What you think ?

Sorry for any mistakes,

 

[ThrashZone]

This one looks pretty good if upgraded to a 240gb ssd and isn't too much
Dell's ? people have been saying they aren't all that great and mother boards suck
Refurbished HP ProBook 6460b 14", Core i5 2520M 2.5 GHz | RefurbThat

 

[whs]

Hey Mike, Thelma is in Austria, not in Australia. Try to find Sacher Torte (my favorite) in Australia, LOL.

 

[thelma]

You Are Bl""y right. They are gogious with hot vanille/rum sauce !!!!

 

[ThrashZone]

Oops

 

[thelma]

Can afford this one new on Amazonde sptts
d://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00Z5QPDS8?

Is it a good one ? 399 euro and Windows 7

 

[thelma]

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00Z5QPDS8? This is better need to learn clipboard on this smartphone, sorry

 

[ThrashZone]

Technical Details
AMD Quad Core A4-6210 mit 4x 1.80GHz, AMD Radeon R3 Grafik
39cm (15.6") WXGA LED-Backlight TFT 1366x768 Pixel < matt nicht glänzend!
500GB HDD, 8GB RAM, integrierte WebCam mit Mikrofon
2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, W-Lan + Bluetooth 4.0, (ohne Fingerprintsensor)
Betriebssystem (vorinstalliert): Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64Bit + Office Starter 2010 mit Word und Excel

Hi,
I'm not at all familiar with amd processors at 1.80Ghz and being a quad core ?
Might be okay just a tad under powered

I'd look through the reviews of the supplier since it's not sold and shipped by amazon
Get as good a warranty as you can budget for

 

[whs]

The AMD A4 is slooww. With AMD you have to go with an A10 for halfway decent performance. I would be looking for Intel and at least an i3.

 

[thelma]

Thanks a lot you two☺☺ I just have not the slightest idea I must admit. Only things I know are : I have a little butget, want for sure Windows 7, really would love to buy new and not refurbished, will not buy on EBay. If I can find decent laptop in Germany the sending costs will be zero or non. I think with my many pictures I need 4 GB or more.
Had really some bad luck lately ( financially ) and feel terrible without a computer. I know if sounds silly, we used to live our lives without them very happily. Now it is my liveline to the world !
I don't have a telly do all my info by laptop. Now by smartphone. My eyes go funny but at least I am getting to know this phone now.
There are much worse thinks in live. I will keep searching but cannot afford a mistake.

 

[whs]

I think with my many pictures I need 4 GB or more.

Your amount of pictures does not rule the size of RAM - it is the size of the disk space you need. But e.g. 500GB go a long way. That is room for 20 to 50 Million pictures. So I would not worry about that. And you can always add an external disk.

 

[thelma]

Thanks Wolfgang for your help ☺ I know you are very busy on this forum with much more interesting stuf, in fact Mike as weĺl, so help is even more Apprisiated

 

[whs]

You are welcome thelma. I am really not that busy and it is fun. What else would I do - stare at the walls, LOL.

 

[thelma]

That's a very good song of the Walker Brothers " stare at the wall " quiet depressive though like moost of there songs. I am sure you have many more interesting things in live than seven forums, but ....... the space thread is good! Go have a look. A new discovery and my mate Einstein was again RIGHT !!!!!

 

[AddRAM]

My advice Thelma ?

Do not buy a Dell laptop, and do not buy a refurbished laptop.

 

[whs]

Refurbished may mean nothing. It is sometimes only because someone opened the original packaging. But that you don't know. You may end up with a beat up bummer.

 

[thelma]

True refurbisched is iffy, that's also why I am waiting. Getting some more dosh together. But why not Dell ? They are very sturdy and last ages that's why all the big offices buy them. I am not into gaming of any real geeky stuff.