I am thinking about purchasing a Refurb Laptop and I am undecided as to whether I should actually make the purchase. It is a hell of a steal at $1329.00. 90 day warranty. The specs are listed below. My question is has anyone here have any experiences with refurb laptops or computers? Good or Bad? Please help me decide which side of the fence to sit on.

Gateway Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Notebook


General Features:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition pre-installed
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz processor
Hyper Threading Technology
800 MHz Processor System Bus
512 MB DDR SDRAM (up to 2 GB maximum)
80 GB hard drive
CD-RW / DVD-RW combo drive
1.44 MB floppy drive installed
Full Sized keyboard with TouchPad
17.1-inch active matrix (TFT) LCD color display
Maximum panel resolution: 1440 × 900 (WXGA)
128 MB DDR-SDRAM video memory
Sigmatel Soft Audio 6-channel AC97 revision 2.3 codec
(STAC9758)
Built-in Speakers
Integrated Intel 82547EI IEEE 802.3 (10/100/1000
BASE-TX) Ethernet interface
Integrated Ambit AC 97 Soft V.92/56K data/fax modem
IEEE 802.11g WLAN card installed


Expansion Slot:
One (1) PCMCIA Type I/II slot


I/O Ports:
Four (4) USB ports
One (1) Parallel port
One (1) 15-pin VGA port
One (1) S-Video port
RJ-11 modem jack
RJ-45 ethernet jack
One (1) 4-pin FireWire port
Mic in, Line in, Headphone in jacks


Edited by DBALKUNJR (30/09/2004 10:34)
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Dave

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