I purchased my refurbished Piii 1000MHz Dell one year ago, it replaced my refurbished Pii 300MHz Dell I had purchased 2.5 years earlier. I passed the 300MHz on to my son who is still using it. Both computers run great and I have yet to have a problem with either. I would not hesitate to recommend a refurbished PC from Dell.

Good Luck with your decision!

Robin

It comes with the same warranty so I wouldnt sweat it. Usually its due to customers who change their mind or user errors perceived as hardware problems when in fact their is absolutely nothing wrong. go 4 it.

XPS-R450 to XPS-R1000 (Intel P3 1GHz) -A13 BIOS -384MB RAM (2 Crucial and 1 Dell TI OEM) -Triple Boot W98 1st Ed/ W2K SP2/ WXP Pro -Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HD on Promise (Maxtor branded) ATA100 Controller Card -Maxtor 17GB 5200 RPM HD -Hercules GeForce2 MX-400 32MB (14.41 drivers on W98/21.83 on W2K and WXP) with DX8.1 -Dell P991 Monitor -Toshiba CDR/DVD -WinDVD -Turtle Beach Montego 2 Sound Card (VORTEX 2 4.06.2048 reference drivers from Vortex of Sound for W98/ native W2K and WXP drivers on other OS') -U.S. Robotics 56K v.90 Hardware Modem -Netgear FA310TX NIC for DSL with Westell Modem -Altec Lansing ACS495 Speaker Set -Intel Create and Share Camera -Logitech Mouseman Wheel -Iomega Zip Plus 100 (external) -HP LaserJet4L (purchased in '93 and still kicks a) -CyberPower1250AVR (670 watt) UPS/Line Conditioner with USB Favorite Game: MSFT NBA Inside Drive 2000 Nvidia Reference Chart (third party not mine): http://65.68.55.12/inetpub/ftproot/nvidia_gf_reference_chart.htm How to Clean Out Old Nvidia Drivers: http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/geforce/3.shtml Old Nvidia Drivers Directly from Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011116_3872 Last set of Montego drivers available: http://www.vortexofsound.com/download.htm

You could not find better place.

RafSac


birkiemom wrote:
- I am considering a refurbished system and I am
- interested in what kinds of experiences or comments
- anyone may have.
-
-

I have bought two, XPS B933r as a gift and a 8200 1.8 G. Have never had any trouble with either. I figure it is like buying a low mileaged pre owned auto that someone else had to work out all of the BUGS . I don't think I will ever buy a new one again. You have to check the site every day , the deals are always changing. I checked about every day for a year before I bought my 8200. I waited for the right deal. It was about $800. off the same one new

Marvin P

XPS B800r
512MHz Ram
Windows XP (2/1/02)
&
8200
512MHz Ram
XP
Truck Vanity Plate "Dell4Me"


Message Edited on 02/10/02 01:46AM by Marvin P

jstoll wrote:
Refurbished means someone else did not want
- your pc.

Or that they realized between the time that it was ordered and the time it was delievered they wouldn't be able to pay for it, or that it was improperly configured (possibly due to an error on the part of the person that ordered it), and returned for a properly configured one, or that it was undeliverable, or any one of a number of other things having nothing to do with the quality of the system.

The system I am responding from was bought as a refurb. Originally tried for a 4300 but it was taking a long time. I checked the site saw what I wanted for what I could pay and got more PC for the money and when it got here the bill of purchase showed the CD-RW had been replaced. So if there had been something amiss rest assured it has been repaired and retested. Let us know how you make out. Regards......................
banjo

Dimension 8200
P4 1.8GHz
512 Mb PC800 RDRAM
60Gb HDD (Maxtor)
64mb GeForce2 MX w/TV out card
15" Flat Panel
16-10-40 CDRW (Samsung)
16x DVD (NEC)
Dell Quietkey keyboard
Microsoft USB Infra Wheel IntelliMouse
Telex Microphone
Altec Lansing Wireless Speaker System
SB Live
Cambridge Sound Works 2000FPS speakers
HP 4L Laser Printer via USB extension
HP 1315 PhotoSmart Printer w/SmartMedia drive
UMAX Astra 3400 Scanner
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
3 Belkin USB Hubs
eUSB SmartMedia Adapter
Logitech WingMan Force USB
Logitech Webcam Pro 3000
Westfall DSL Modem via Verizon
Win XP Home Edition
Win XP Sm Bus Office
Norton Utilities System Works
Zone ALarm
IE 6.0, Netscape 4.7 and 6.2 and Real1Player