| Where do refurbished notebooks come from? This | | | | are tested and if necessary, non-functional parts are |
| question comes up quite often among prospective | | | | replaced with working ones. Any cosmetic blemishes |
| buyers of refurbished laptops. It's both a legitimate | | | | are also removed. Factory refurbished notebooks |
| question and concern, and the answer to the | | | | usually come with the same warranties as their new |
| question depends on where you're looking to buy the | | | | counterparts. So it's almost like as if you're buying it |
| notebook from. If you buy a refurbished notebook | | | | new except at a discount. |
| directly from a manufacturer, its supply will differ | | | | There are also third party merchants that sell |
| from that which is sold by a third party merchant. | | | | refurbished notebooks. These merchants usually take |
| Notebook manufacturers have different sources | | | | old and pre-owned notebooks and fix them up to sell. |
| through which they stock up their refurbished | | | | The merchants may have their own refurbishment |
| notebook inventories. Refurbished notebooks can | | | | process through which they test and clean the |
| come from customer returns. They might also come | | | | products. Often these merchants buy used |
| from orders that were canceled and never shipped. | | | | notebooks from those that are interested in selling to |
| Sometimes they're evaluation units. And in other | | | | them. They may also source them from companies |
| cases they're either overstock or discontinued | | | | or government agencies looking to get rid of their old |
| models. Most of them are new, or fairly new, and | | | | machines. In most cases, these refurbished |
| none of them should have been used extensively. | | | | notebooks are of older models and generations and |
| Regardless of the source, these products all undergo | | | | they typically carry a shortened 30-day or 90-day |
| the factory refurbishment process. The notebooks | | | | warranty. |