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Where is the best place to buy a refurbished laptop? (feddit.uk)

submitted 6 days ago by theOneTrueSpoon@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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I'm looking to buy a laptop for things like browsing the internet, admin stuff like sorting out important documents, a little bit of software development, and other things that aren't easy to do on a phone.

I don't think I need a particularly powerful laptop for these things, so was hoping to get a cheap refurbished one. Can anyone recommend a reputable place to buy a refurbished laptop for a reasonable price? I'm hoping to spend around £200, but not sure if that's reasonable for what I'm looking for

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Physically, your local "Cash Converters" or similar may be worth looking at, depending on how you feel about them and that type of business.

Digitally, there's places that do refurbished laptops, for example Laptops Direct have a refurbished section which I've used before on behalf of other people : laptopsdirect.co.uk.

£200 may be a struggle, but under £300 should get you something that'll definitely do the job.

Depending on what you're doing, Operating System may be an issue if you want Windows, as they've stopped updating 10, and 11 won't run on older machines. If you want Linux, you're fine. Do a quick Internet search for the laptop model & "Linux" to check if there's any issues i.e. a weird WiFi card etc.

Double check with a nerd before you click "buy" (asking a follow up question on here should work).

[–] theOneTrueSpoon@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

I'd be willing to try cash converters. Haven't been in one in ages, so I totally forgot they existed! I don't think there's one physically near me, but someone else mentioned they have a website so I'll have a look there.

I haven't heard of laptops direct, but I'll check them out too!

I'm not dead set on windows or anything, so I'd be willing to install Linux (I have used it before).