On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Kurt Wendt <Kurt_Wendt@globetax.com> wrote:

>

> I'm also looking for a laptop - and I am even considering a Refurb, as you mentioned. Although - yeah - I need decent 3D - since I'm mainly doing 3D on it - and e-mails. So, keyboard has to be decent for doing e-mails. But, even the 3D graphics doesn't have to be Super-horse power. My 3D these days is all for prototyping - which doesn't get as Hi-Poly as regular 3D design for animation.

>

> I hadn't heard about a Dell Outlet before. Is it a physical store - or an extension of their regular website?

http://outlet.dell.com or dell.com/outlet, or search "Outlet" from the

home page.

Most of the manufacturers have such a site. They get back demos,

scratched cases, store returns, and run them through an inspection and

restore them to OEM condition, usually with a decent though reduced

warranty. At 60 - 100% of the retail price. You can find bargains. You

can find turkeys. Caveat Emptor, as the Romans said, Buyer Beware.

> I'd also be interested in getting people's feedback on the Intel i3 vs. i5 vs. i7

Fast cheap and slightly unfair: i3 is the underpowered Celeron, i5 is

the workman dual core, i7 is the high-end 4-core, though not as high

end as the Xeon, and it really shines if the software knows how to use

it, otherwise, not so different from the i5 for most day-to-day use.

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