What Did You Buy Today?

[Papa Charlie]

Thanks for the information. Will have to watch to see what they have.

 

[pontiac428]

"Refurbished" has a very loose definition on eBay. One guy said he refurbished laptops by wiping them with isopropyl alcohol. I'd be more concerned with dried out thermal interface material or dust plugging up the cooling system. Either way, the 4th gen mobile i7 should do what you ask out of it. As long as you don't ask for Siri.

 

[DavidR8]

Do they advertise the Refurbished or are they something that is hit or miss when you happen to come in?

They are marked either new, open box or refurbished.
We’ve bought refurbished laptops before and had very good experiences so that’s part of the reason I went that way.

 

[KevinM]

How to refurbish a computer:

1) Wipe hard disk, install operating system.
2) Clean screen
3) Blow dust off of easily accessed parts.
4) Add 35% to selling price.

 

[Janderso]

Over the weekend I decided to add another way to cut sheet metal. I already have the pneumatic scissor type
Hopefully it's adequate. I would like to find a Beverly shear.
I tried it out
It cuts super smooth straight lines.
I was looking to cut clean lines in the corners when making a box
You know, tabs and clearance lines are critical

 

[Janderso]

"Refurbished" has a very loose definition on eBay. One guy said he refurbished laptops by wiping them with isopropyl alcohol. I'd be more concerned with dried out thermal interface material or dust plugging up the cooling system. Either way, the 4th gen mobile i7 should do what you ask out of it. As long as you don't ask for Siri.

Included in many of my duties, I'm the IT guy at work. I support over 30 PC's. I tried some refurbished desk tops once. That didn't work out.

 

[Aukai]

What gage metal will that shear? I looked that one up, it will do 18G.

 

[Papa Charlie]

Included in many of my duties, I'm the IT guy at work. I support over 30 PC's. I tried some refurbished desk tops once. That didn't work out.

I just went onto Dell's website and they have a huge selection of Weekly specials. Brand new units. I can get almost exactly what I want for about $800. Not in a hurry and still trying to decide.

 

[matthewsx]

Nice Dave, I have to update my laptop as well. It is so slow that I can't run OnShape any more, ever since I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10. Win 10 uses too much of my processor and video system.

You say you purchased a refurbished laptop. Where did you get it. I really don't want to drop $1500 on a new one.

Lots of good deals on refurbished machines out there. As an IT Professional I can tell you we try to retire systems after they are 3 years old or warranty expires. I buy my refurbished PC's from New Egg

refurbished | Newegg.com

Search Newegg.com for refurbished. Get fast shipping and top-rated customer service.

www.newegg.com

Refurbished Apple stuff straight from them

https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished

Or OWC

New, Used, and Refurbished Macs

Looking for a new or used Mac? OWC can help you look at price points for used Macs so you aren't paying the full price for a brand new Mac.

eshop.macsales.com

John

 

[Ianagos]

I went over to a shop to pickup some specialty holders for my new machine that I’ll show here another day and they had a few other things to get rid of.

Sold me 2 Kurt 6” vises for $20 each

And I got a tooling cabinet for a steal
It’s a vidmar style but made by a brand that starts with an R

Came with some random stuff in it that I may use but I really just wanted the cabinet.

I got a bunch of other stuff too