Here's where I've bought Dell in the past. Off lease refurbished units have worked great for me.
https://www.dellrefurbished.com/
It's at least worth a look.
https://www.dellrefurbished.com/
It's at least worth a look.
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morning, computer geeks at best buy repair/customer svc.
at very knowledgeable as to best computer usage.
davetex has a good solution. I have mine made.
I read up on best components for my usage. order the
parts from tiger. then have to computer built.
I have a teacher at my local HS do the build and programming.
buy a mother board that accepts add on if this is
the way u want to go.
justme gbot tum
at very knowledgeable as to best computer usage.
davetex has a good solution. I have mine made.
I read up on best components for my usage. order the
parts from tiger. then have to computer built.
I have a teacher at my local HS do the build and programming.
buy a mother board that accepts add on if this is
the way u want to go.
justme gbot tum
Are you referring to a desktop?
If anyone wants a secure email checker, I recommend a $30 Raspberry Pi. It has a chrome browser, a non Microsoft office suite, and runs decently on a micro SD memory card. Some have wireless, some have Ethernet RJ45.
You may have to type 4 lines out of a manual to set it up from scratch.
Most people I demonstrate one to buy it because it is faster than their home computer.
YMMV
You may have to type 4 lines out of a manual to set it up from scratch.
Most people I demonstrate one to buy it because it is faster than their home computer.
YMMV
best buy is the best at the repair/costumer svc.
the young people r computer geeks. very knowledge
about computers and usage. davetex
has good info on refurbished models.
normally there is more than one.
if possible I try to get advice from all.
justme gbot tum
Touch screen?BTW....I know nothing about computers, just have a lot of em around
They all come with Blutooth/wi-fi capabilities now. Disc's are a thing of the past.
For the most part I do not surf on my phone, much prefer a laptop so I carry mine everywhere.
Also forgot to say that mine is foldable in half to make a pad out of it and is a touchscreen. Wifey's is not obviously.
Me likey
Mac - if we didn’t have to deal with a CAC, that’s what we’d be on solely.
Neat things, but doesn’t work for our use case.
Wow, does that bring up bad memories. You're absolutely right, though.
That dichotomy is an important one to keep in mind.
I was surprised and dismayed by the evolution of IBM laptops. They were so very solid back in the day. Then they were sold off and they were still solid, just a bit less so. Eventually, the business and consumer lines diverged, with the consumer line going to crap and the business line being less than it once was with every passing iteration. Somewhere along the line, the name changed to Lenovo and I left them behind.
It's a sad evolution of a once-great product line.
Hmmm. OK. I won't dispute you on that.
I will, however, observe that if this is true, then Best Buy has done a 180 sometime in the last decade.
The fact that Best Buy Geek Squad employees have been employed by the FBI to search every computer that comes into the shop is enough for me to stay away.
Meh, I just ask an 8 year old when I have computer issues. They fix me right up.
The dell outlet is a pretty good place to start. Frankly, if we even open the plastic wrapping on a pallet they have to be sent to the outlet and marked as refurbished. You can get a brand new unit (sometimes) for a pretty sizable reduction in cost.
When I get to work tomorrow I'll try to look up all the units we have with smartcard readers and get back to you.
I would find it fair to say best buy's geek squad is going to be hit and miss depending on the employees you get. Some are massively knowledgeable, others are about as useful as any regular PC user.
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