There are many misconceptions having to do with reconditioned and refurbished laptops
. The article will clear some of them.
First, it needs to be made clear that the reconditioned laptop is never pre-owned. If it is then it should be labeled as such by the vendors.
Second, let's understand that there are some different definitions of the refurbished, however essentially they all mean same thing: "made to be just as well as if it was new".
While it comes in to get refurbished, every notebook should be unpackaged and diagnosed to find out if anything requires to be done for it to get it 'as well as new'. It might be replacing the keyboard or anything else.
All the replacement parts should have the highest quality to ensure customer satisfaction. Sometimes the refurbished stock comes directly from the manufacturers to the consumer when refurbished, or sometimes to the company specializing in refurbishment if the manufacturers does not refurbish in-house. Then the refurbishment company supplies the items to the consumers.
There are cons and pros to purchasing the refurbished computers:
PRO:
* The Cheaper Price
* Speed - often items sold from the stock rather than the made-to-order
* Support - the refurbishment companies are usually easier to contact than the bigger manufacturers.
* Often the refurbished items are already upgraded to the higher specification than original items, such as bigger memory or a bigger hard drive.
* Items will come with the warranty that is offered by the refurbisher.
CONS:
* Sometimes people worry that refurbished one is inferior.
In summary; you do not have anything to fear in buying the refurbished laptops, except there could be occasional marks,blemishes, or scratches on the product.