Off Lease Dell Latitide with 32-bit Win 7 Pro

Hi,

(I posted on alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,but activity is low, so thought I'd
ask here, too.)

A friend's son needs a cheap (used is ok) laptop for email and browsing.
I was looking at the off lease latitudes. I realize that these are
heavy, the battery life is probably 'iffy', and there are cosmetic
blemishes through use. The screen is anti-glare. I also know that
these do not come with OS discs, but they do come with 32bit Windows 7
Pro. They come with a 100 day warranty, but a 15% rstocking charge if
you return. I have some questions before I make a suggestion to my
neighbor.

Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Since these are previously leased, is it likely that the recovery
partition is still active so that one could make a copy of the installed
OS? Could there be problems with activation?

How old are these machines? They look like the same latitudes you get
today, but with lesser processors from a few years ago.

The ones that seem to fit his needs are the 15" E5530 at $177 and the
14" E5430 at $199.

What I find interesting is that i3 or i5 processor/hard drive size/RAM
size doesn't change the price as long as you stay within the same screen
size

Here's one I've been looking at:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/za66u5c

Comments?

TIA

Boris wrote:
Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Not exactly. I have experience with shopping and buying 'refurbished'.

First I bought a refurb desktop through WalMart. It turns out to have
been refurbed by a huge outfit in NJ called Joy. It/HP was
shrink-wrapped, smelled like brand new, and was absolutely pristine,
indistinguishable from brand new. The biggest difference from brand new
was that the Win7 installed was completely free of bloatware and the
Win7 Pro 64 disk and license which came with it was specially made for
refurbers and acted like a regular Win7 install disk.

That was such a great deal that I bought another one which was just like
it, with some exceptions about the disk not being included; but I
contacted Joy and they provided me with an .iso in addition to the
restore partition.

So, I was so impressed I continued to shop refurbs including at my local
storefront Fry's. The salespeople there tried to steer me away from
them, saying that the frequency of dogs was terrible and that so many of
the sales were returned for problems.

Those Fry's were described as off-lease Dells. I don't know how it
works with Dell and their off-lease sales and which ones they 'dump' on
such as Fry's. That is, maybe the hierarchy is Dell resale A cosmetic,
Dell resale B cosmetic, Dell dump to big off-lease retailers like Fry's.

In any case, my Joy refurbs were outstanding; and my reports on Fry's
resale of Dell off-leases was terrible.

--
Mike Easter

Mike Easter wrote in
:

Boris wrote:
Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Not exactly. I have experience with shopping and buying
'refurbished'.

First I bought a refurb desktop through WalMart. It turns out to have
been refurbed by a huge outfit in NJ called Joy. It/HP was
shrink-wrapped, smelled like brand new, and was absolutely pristine,
indistinguishable from brand new. The biggest difference from brand
new was that the Win7 installed was completely free of bloatware and
the Win7 Pro 64 disk and license which came with it was specially made
for refurbers and acted like a regular Win7 install disk.

That was such a great deal that I bought another one which was just
like it, with some exceptions about the disk not being included; but I
contacted Joy and they provided me with an .iso in addition to the
restore partition.

So, I was so impressed I continued to shop refurbs including at my
local storefront Fry's. The salespeople there tried to steer me away
from them, saying that the frequency of dogs was terrible and that so
many of the sales were returned for problems.

Those Fry's were described as off-lease Dells. I don't know how it
works with Dell and their off-lease sales and which ones they 'dump'
on such as Fry's. That is, maybe the hierarchy is Dell resale A
cosmetic, Dell resale B cosmetic, Dell dump to big off-lease retailers
like Fry's.

In any case, my Joy refurbs were outstanding; and my reports on Fry's
resale of Dell off-leases was terrible.


Thanks,Mike. You've given me another avenue. (But, never Fry's.)

On 2/24/2017 7:02 PM, Boris wrote:
Hi,

(I posted on alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,but activity is low, so thought I'd
ask here, too.)

A friend's son needs a cheap (used is ok) laptop for email and browsing.
I was looking at the off lease latitudes. I realize that these are
heavy, the battery life is probably 'iffy', and there are cosmetic
blemishes through use. The screen is anti-glare. I also know that
these do not come with OS discs, but they do come with 32bit Windows 7
Pro. They come with a 100 day warranty, but a 15% rstocking charge if
you return. I have some questions before I make a suggestion to my
neighbor.

Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Since these are previously leased, is it likely that the recovery
partition is still active so that one could make a copy of the installed
OS? Could there be problems with activation?

How old are these machines? They look like the same latitudes you get
today, but with lesser processors from a few years ago.

The ones that seem to fit his needs are the 15" E5530 at $177 and the
14" E5430 at $199.

What I find interesting is that i3 or i5 processor/hard drive size/RAM
size doesn't change the price as long as you stay within the same screen
size

Here's one I've been looking at:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/za66u5c

Comments?

TIA

If only email and browsing why not a refurb iPad? Light weight and long
battery life.

On 2/24/17 7:47 PM, Wolf K wrote:
Runs a
little hot, had to put extra "feet" on it to provide sufficient
circulation underneath.

Replacing the thermal paste on the CPU might cure this. And blow it out
while you've got it apart, in case the local service company didn't.

--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.11.6
Firefox 51.0.1 (64 bit)
Thunderbird 45.7.1
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

Boris wrote:
Hi,

(I posted on alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,but activity is low, so thought I'd
ask here, too.)

A friend's son needs a cheap (used is ok) laptop for email and browsing.
I was looking at the off lease latitudes. I realize that these are
heavy, the battery life is probably 'iffy', and there are cosmetic
blemishes through use. The screen is anti-glare. I also know that
these do not come with OS discs, but they do come with 32bit Windows 7
Pro. They come with a 100 day warranty, but a 15% rstocking charge if
you return. I have some questions before I make a suggestion to my
neighbor.

Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Since these are previously leased, is it likely that the recovery
partition is still active so that one could make a copy of the installed
OS? Could there be problems with activation?

How old are these machines? They look like the same latitudes you get
today, but with lesser processors from a few years ago.

The ones that seem to fit his needs are the 15" E5530 at $177 and the
14" E5430 at $199.

What I find interesting is that i3 or i5 processor/hard drive size/RAM
size doesn't change the price as long as you stay within the same screen
size

Here's one I've been looking at:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/za66u5c

Comments?

TIA

For not much more $ you can two to four times the machine power:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...bished_-_Black

Zaidy036 wrote in news
On 2/24/2017 7:02 PM, Boris wrote:
Hi,

(I posted on alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,but activity is low, so thought
I'd
ask here, too.)

A friend's son needs a cheap (used is ok) laptop for email and
browsing.
I was looking at the off lease latitudes. I realize that these are
heavy, the battery life is probably 'iffy', and there are cosmetic
blemishes through use. The screen is anti-glare. I also know that
these do not come with OS discs, but they do come with 32bit Windows
7
Pro. They come with a 100 day warranty, but a 15% rstocking charge
if
you return. I have some questions before I make a suggestion to my
neighbor.

Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Since these are previously leased, is it likely that the recovery
partition is still active so that one could make a copy of the
installed
OS? Could there be problems with activation?

How old are these machines? They look like the same latitudes you
get
today, but with lesser processors from a few years ago.

The ones that seem to fit his needs are the 15" E5530 at $177 and the
14" E5430 at $199.

What I find interesting is that i3 or i5 processor/hard drive
size/RAM
size doesn't change the price as long as you stay within the same
screen
size

Here's one I've been looking at:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/za66u5c

Comments?

TIA

If only email and browsing why not a refurb iPad? Light weight and
long
battery life.

They are not fans of Apple hardware or their OSs.

Paul in Houston TX wrote in
news
Boris wrote:
Hi,

(I posted on alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,but activity is low, so thought
I'd ask here, too.)

A friend's son needs a cheap (used is ok) laptop for email and
browsing. I was looking at the off lease latitudes. I realize that
these are heavy, the battery life is probably 'iffy', and there are
cosmetic blemishes through use. The screen is anti-glare. I also
know that these do not come with OS discs, but they do come with
32bit Windows 7 Pro. They come with a 100 day warranty, but a 15%
rstocking charge if you return. I have some questions before I make
a suggestion to my neighbor.

Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Since these are previously leased, is it likely that the recovery
partition is still active so that one could make a copy of the
installed OS? Could there be problems with activation?

How old are these machines? They look like the same latitudes you
get today, but with lesser processors from a few years ago.

The ones that seem to fit his needs are the 15" E5530 at $177 and the
14" E5430 at $199.

What I find interesting is that i3 or i5 processor/hard drive
size/RAM size doesn't change the price as long as you stay within the
same screen size

Here's one I've been looking at:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/za66u5c

Comments?

TIA

For not much more $ you can two to four times the machine power:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...tude_E6430_140
_Laptop_Com
puter_Refurbished_-_Black


Yes, I've since run into the E64 series. Worth the extra $$.

Thanks.

On 2/24/2017 4:50 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
Boris wrote:
Have any of you any experience with off lease latitudes?

Not exactly. I have experience with shopping and buying 'refurbished'.

First I bought a refurb desktop through WalMart. It turns out to have
been refurbed by a huge outfit in NJ called Joy. It/HP was
shrink-wrapped, smelled like brand new, and was absolutely pristine,
indistinguishable from brand new. The biggest difference from brand new
was that the Win7 installed was completely free of bloatware and the
Win7 Pro 64 disk and license which came with it was specially made for
refurbers and acted like a regular Win7 install disk.

That was such a great deal that I bought another one which was just like
it, with some exceptions about the disk not being included; but I
contacted Joy and they provided me with an .iso in addition to the
restore partition.

So, I was so impressed I continued to shop refurbs including at my local
storefront Fry's. The salespeople there tried to steer me away from
them, saying that the frequency of dogs was terrible and that so many of
the sales were returned for problems.

Those Fry's were described as off-lease Dells. I don't know how it
works with Dell and their off-lease sales and which ones they 'dump' on
such as Fry's. That is, maybe the hierarchy is Dell resale A cosmetic,
Dell resale B cosmetic, Dell dump to big off-lease retailers like Fry's.

In any case, my Joy refurbs were outstanding; and my reports on Fry's
resale of Dell off-leases was terrible.

Thanks, good to know!

On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 17:49:17 -0000 (UTC), Boris wrote:

Yes, I've since run into the E64 series. Worth the extra $$.

Yes, we have a couple of E6410's here, expensive when new now cheap
as plenty of ex-office machines on second hand market. Tough
construction, easy battery replacement if needed, memory and video
cards easy to get to. Many different variants were available when
these were new, look out for one with a good video card and lots of
memory and check that no passwords were set up for the bios or
access to disks. The plus points for theses include (i) excellent
keyboard and (ii) good bright screen - much better than equiv,
Lenovo thinkpads from the same period. Ebay a good source for these.