# Used or refurbished computer, where is a good place to look?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-or-refurbished-computer-where-is-a-good-place-to-look/413961
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 1, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-or-refurbished-computer-where-is-a-good-place-to-look/413961 "2007-08-01T12:33:22Z")
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### Author:  [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-or-refurbished-computer-where-is-a-good-place-to-look/413961/1 "2007-08-01T12:33:22Z")
I am looking for a used or refurbished computer and was wondering where the best place might be to look.
My old computer has a fried mother board so I need another tower that has XP Home or XP Pro installed so I can use my old hard drive as a slave drive. I wish I could just get a new one but they all now have Vista loaded and from what I have been told I have to use XP or my old HD will not work.
I have looked on Ebay and TigerDirect. I also did some googling but maybe someone on here can recommend a site.
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### Author:  [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-or-refurbished-computer-where-is-a-good-place-to-look/413961/2 "2007-08-01T12:57:57Z")
craigslist or eBay, perhaps
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### Author:  [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-or-refurbished-computer-where-is-a-good-place-to-look/413961/3 "2007-08-01T13:09:17Z")
Dell’s website has a ton.
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-or-refurbished-computer-where-is-a-good-place-to-look/413961/4 "2007-08-01T14:00:29Z")
Check with your local computer shops. Milwaukee PC will still install XP on new machines that they build.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-or-refurbished-computer-where-is-a-good-place-to-look/413961/5 "2007-08-01T14:11:12Z")
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I just got a new rig for work from there. Tripled the power and speed of what I used to have and it was only $300. Those boxes do run a little low on RAM…I just ordered 2GB worth at Newegg at the same time I ordered the machine.
If you want a little more variety, check out [http://outlet.dell.com](http://outlet.dell.com)