| The general consensus of refurbished laptops is that | | | | new laptops is due to the fact that refurbished |
| they are out of date and undesirable, yet this is far | | | | laptops are not readily available and not many people |
| from the truth. In fact, refurbished laptops are very | | | | know about this alternative, although EuroPC hopes |
| much in date and are at the cutting edge of | | | | to change this outlook on laptops in the near future. |
| technology. They are the complete opposite to how | | | | A refurbished laptop is ‘as good as new’ |
| they are portrayed, due to people’s | | | | because if their were any deficiencies with the |
| preconceptions thinking that refurbished means that | | | | laptop, repairs will have been made to fix the laptop, |
| laptops are second hand and archaic, yet in truth | | | | although some laptops do not even need fixing, for |
| they could potentially be cancelled orders from a | | | | example they may have just been sent back to the |
| computer store, which has resulted in the laptops | | | | factory unopened. All of the laptops are re-packaged |
| being sent back to the manufacturers warehouse | | | | and given extra tests to prove their functionality and |
| unopened. Some of the advantages of purchasing a | | | | reliability, which effectively makes the laptops ‘as |
| refurbished laptop are that the costs are very low | | | | good as new’. |
| and they are reliable and these are the reasons more | | | | Buying a refurbished laptop is better than buying |
| and more people are beginning to realise purchasing | | | | new, mainly because it is effectively a ‘new’ |
| refurbished laptops is the way to go. | | | | laptop, whilst being more affordable than a new |
| Buying a new laptop does have some advantages, | | | | laptop from a computer store. It can also turn out to |
| for example the higher end laptops have the newest | | | | be more reliable than a new computer because |
| technology available, however the disadvantages, | | | | refurbished laptops are given extra tests, which new |
| when compared to a refurbished laptop, far outweigh | | | | laptops are not given, and these new laptops could |
| the advantages. The main disadvantage of buying a | | | | have problems that were not spotted through their |
| new laptop is the cost, whereas the main advantage | | | | regular tests, effectively making refurbished laptops |
| of a refurbished laptop is the cost and this is the | | | | more reliable. All of this shows that a refurbished |
| main reason why a refurbished laptop is the better | | | | laptop is ‘as good as new’ and possibly even |
| choice of the two. The reasons why people purchase | | | | better than new. |