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Rig du Jour -
12-27-11
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Refurbished HP z400
workstation - $2899
- Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- Xeon W3690 X6 3.46GHz processor
- 600GB SAS drive
- 24GB DDR3 1333 RAM
- DVDRW
- NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300 graphics
- one year onsite next business day warranty |
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How are refurbished computers manufactured?
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Refurbished products from HP are thoroughly tested to make certain
they're in proper working order. If a model fails testing, HP
determines cause and replaces any failed components. If a model
contains a component with a known failure rate, the component is
automatically discarded. Then, refurbished models are put through
a series of mechanical and electrical stress tests, new software
BIOS are downloaded, a final inspection, cleaning and
re-packaging. Most often, refurbished products are
indistinguishable from their equivalent counterparts, though some
may have cosmetic blemishes or scratches. |
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Where do refurbished computers come from?
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Refurbished computers are not used computers that have been in use
over a long period of time. HP offers a 30-day return on new
computers, and inevitably, some are returned during that period
because the customer didn't like the keyboard, didn't like the
color, and so on. All such PCs have to go through the refurbishing
process, so they cannot be represented as "new". In many cases, a
refurbished PC from HP may never have been uses, and could be a
system that was returned to HP because newer models took it's
place, a cancelled order, or simply because the packaging was
marred. |
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