Thoughts on Refurb Desktops?

I have purchased refurb items with no problems.A refurb item is generally "repaired" by the manufacturer, and by repaired they usually replace the part with a new part, and sold as a refurbished item, and usually have the full manufacturers warranty. For the situation you are describing, seems like the perfect alternative to new.

ETA: I purchased a refurbed iMac 27" from the Apple Store, online, three years ago for my work computer, see's extended use 5 days a week. Not one issue at all.

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I assume it's just going to be used for old people facebooking

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that and paying bills

Just echoing the other responses, don't be worried about buying refurbed. They basically just get a better QC check than "new" items.

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Anyone gone this route? Experiences?

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I have. Never have had an issue either.

As long as the party doing the refurbishing is reputable and the product has a warranty of some sort, I dont see the issue.
Depends where you buy from, but most of the time the original manufacturer does the refurb. To me, that's preferable but not mandatory. Be sure to also look at pictures of the actual product before buying.

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A cheap desktop with an SSD is probably all they need. I assume it's just going to be used for old people facebooking

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Don't even need an SSD for that, HDD would be fine.

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Even that machine would be pretty overkill, but it's incredibly small and can be stashed away

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Something like this is perfect. That one is overkill. You can get one for like $130 to do anything. I'm about to buy one simply to run some scripts on and serve as a pihole.

Another option that might work for them is a Chromebox. Much less maintenace, updates itself and appears to be secure.