Be warned they are not – factory reconditioning is what it says.

Reconditioning a laptop involves:

• Disassembly of the laptop 
•  Replacing or renovating worn parts as needed
• Cleaning the disk and sometimes reinstallation of operating system
• A disk test, to ensure that the disk is in good working order
• A thorough soak test to make sure the laptop is working.

For these reasons a reconditioned laptop will have a proper guarantee

A second hand laptop on the other hand, has nothing checked or tested – parts of the disk can be corrupted. Worse still – depending on source – the computer itself may be stolen. Be very wary of car boot sales, the man in the pub, or even on ebay. All may not be what it seems.

So buy  reconditioned laptops with a guarantee!

The reality is that all reconditioned laptops are not the same.

Factors that really matter are:

• Age of laptop
• Make is crucial – some last , others don’t
• The condition of battery and screen
• The condition of hinges – on some models including some Dell for example, the hinges are one of the first parts to go.

It is almost impossible for a new buyer to check these out prior to purchase, so the question remains – how to choose?

Our only answer can be with this – is how can you trust the company – and the answer to that is that the company itself demonstrates confidence in its own products.

Our advice? Choose a company that offers as standard or as an extra a 6 month or more guarantee against hardware failures.

Sadly – just remember  – that rarely if ever covers software or data – it is your responsibility on any computer to back up the computer – it is becoming increasingly easy to do this using cloud services, such as for example dropbox.

So our advice is – to buy a reconditioned laptop – check out the guarantee! – if the company that sells them  has no confidence in their reconditioned laptops , then you should be wary too

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