Can someone take a glance at this laptop for me?

[Dlepi]

I've been looking for a laptop for my grandmother for Christmas. It really just needs to be able browse the internet and run Microsoft Office like excel and word at a decent speed. I saw this on sale at Newegg and seems to be on a crazy sale. Am I missing something or why is it on such a steep sale?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5YV3C35754&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo
Would this be a good laptop for the price?

 

[jimmysmitty]

It is a refurbished product and is not even sold by Newegg. That is probably why it is so cheap.

That said, it would be fine for what your grandmother needs although I can;t say I trust refurbished but that does not mean they are bad.

 

[littleleo]

Refurbished! Older CPU i5-2520M, 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge, only 128GB of storage. If you get your grandma a notebook also get her a mouse most elders don't work well with touch pads.

 

[jakjawagon]

I wouldn't. Refurbished laptops are ok generally, but the warranty's only 90 days. You should be looking for at least a year. I would also have doubts about trusting my data to a used ssd, especially if you don't know the model before you buy.

 

[jimmysmitty]

I wouldn't. Refurbished laptops are ok generally, but the warranty's only 90 days. You should be looking for at least a year. I would also have doubts about trusting my data to a used ssd, especially if you don't know the model before you buy.

That's the thing. It could have been used for a day then returned or it was just opened and then returned. Refurbished can mean open box or a repaired system. It all depends on how the seller sees refurbished.

As I said I also don't trust them but it is not a horrible deal.

 

[Dlepi]

I have a 500ish GB SSD sitting unopened in a box somewhere that I could swap out when it gets here. I feel like for the price it's a decent deal but I'm just always nervous when it comes to refurbished. All of the complaints from the business are all shipping or customer service related. None of them that I can find are about the actual product. Maybe I'll just hold on for now and look for something else.

 

[fudgecakes99]

massive price cuts like that are arbitrary. If you look at the listing price which is 1.1k that would've been the price when it came out day one a couple years back, and if you also look at the fact that it's refurbished. It means essentially it's a used laptop that works. So yes you can say that anythings at a deep discount if the relative worth is less then what it was originally. Whether thats a depreciation from lack of technology or otherwise is up to the manufacturers discretion

 

[boodaddy]

Have a look on the Black Friday Sticky. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2843538/black-friday-cyber-monday-deals-systems.html

I posted some Newegg ads, and @logainofhades also posted Microcenter Black Friday Ad links. Some great deals on new Laptops coming up.