HeyBub wrote:
Bill wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
whit3rd wrote:
On Tuesday, March 6, 2012 9:45:14 PM UTC-8, wrote:
I just got a new laptop, delivered today. One big problem; the
box was crushed.

I am looking for a program like the old "Burn In" and "PC Test"
that we used to use ...

Why? You didn't buy the box, you bought the computer. And, if
it isn't visibly physically damaged, and has normal
disk/screen/keyboard functions, why would you want to test things
(like memory)
that AREN'T particularly likely to take stress/shock damage?

Discard the packaging and enjoy the computer; life's too short to
agonize over imaginary problems.


He bought the computer at retail from Tiger Direct.
People who do that do not think like most of us.

Please help me translate that last sentence.


Uh, okay. Sorry for the "whoosh" factor.

It seems to me that most participants here are interested in price. A new
computer costs, well, a lot and often you're paying for the newest
technology that's not really necessary.

Thanks for explaining. When I purchase, I stay at least a year behind
the newest models--and I use the stuff until I have decent reason to
replace it. I have found the strategy a good one for cars too!




Used, last year's model, computers can be had at a significant bargain,
sometimes on Craigslist, often you have to search around.

I got my used computers from a chap that buys them in bulk from Dell and
others. These used computers are generally those that have come back off
lease to banks and other large companies.

Last time I was there he had about ten large pallets, stacked five feet
high, with 15" CRT monitors. In this country, you can't GIVE away a 15" CRT.
His monitors, however, were going to Nigeria. He told me he expects to net
about $25 each.

Point is, there's a thriving market for used equipment: CRT monitors to
Nigeria or two-year old desktops to me.