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Looking For The Best Deal On Cheap Refurbished Laptops

andybrock | Dec 13, 2009 |

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Today anyone saying the word 'cheap' can muster a crowd of listeners similar to the scenes from a popular investment brokerage commercial a few years ago. Everyone is looking to save money on things they want to buy. But when you look for cheap refurbished laptops are you getting what you need or just a low price?

One of the top features of good refurbished laptops is its portability. If you are chasing from class to class across an extended campus, going from lab to lecture, you really want something that will not weigh your backpack down and yet deliver the goods when you need it.

It could be that you are in sales and need a presentation machine that provides a large enough screen for everyone sitting at the table to see your product. You also want to have a battery that is going to last at least through a complete sales presentation before recharging it.

If you are a construction manager you require a laptop that will do all the functions your desktop model does back at home office. However, that laptop needs to be able to do everything in adverse conditions and keep on coming back for more.

So, what are some features to look for cheap factory refurbished laptops?

The Screen's Size and Its Resolution – The most expensive part of any good laptop is its ability to display well. The tradeoff for most concerns is size vs. weight – the bigger the screen the more it weighs and there is no one else around to carry your bag but you. The best choice for portability is to stay under 15" screens and settle on a system with 14.1" display that can push 1,024 x 768 resolution.
Laptop Memory – Most people don't think much about RAM memory for their laptop. They look for speed and nothing else. However, by boosting the amount of RAM in your machine will greatly increase performance more so than buying that extra speed CPU. And the last time anyone checked, RAM chips were basically cheaper than processors, anyway. Once again if you use your refurbished laptop for nothing more than writing term papers, you might be able to eke out an existence with 128 MB of RAM. Yet with the low cost of memory these days you would not do wrong by having 512 MB to run Windows XP, and you will need at least 1 GB of RAM for pulling off the demands of Windows Vista.
CPU types and Speeds – For simple Internet browsing, checking your messages in your e-mail, and pounding out the next great American novel a processor along the lines of an Intel Celeron at least, for you will get much better performance from any Celerons that are rated at the same MHz or better than an equivalent Pentium-II, plus they do it at a lower price. If your work takes you to graphics or large amounts of number crunching you will appreciate a Pentium 4 processor, as its cache size is bigger.
Accessories and Necessities – Extra batteries are needed regardless of any claims made by manufacturers. You won't have a pink bunny banging on a drum coming to your rescue when you find yourself on a job site looking at the latest update drawing from the architect. A wireless network card is a must also for those who are way too much on the go and nowhere to plug in for web searching. Besides, WiFi is becoming more and more available throughout most of the metropolitan centers of the world.

There are many other considerations to use when you buy cheap refurbished laptops, but you will not be sorry with the tips given here. Don't be suckered in on price alone. Go for what your work requires, you normally get what you pay for and there are some really good reconditioned laptops available.