# March on with your bad self (plant your March mini rants)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [March 1, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973 "2025-03-01T16:41:31Z")
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### Author: ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/275 "2025-04-01T00:28:59Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> The setup is the gotcha with these refurbished things. They come with a basic version of whatever OS they’re licensed for (usually Windows Professional of whatever version) but you have to download and install all the necessary drivers, and you have to do it in exactly the right order – starting with the motherboard chip drivers. Dell refurbished computers can be a great deal but they can also be more work to set up than one might have imagined!

Yes, they aren’t typically ready to go right out of the box.

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