Re: OT

On 2026-08-23 00:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 22/08/2026 20:28, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:20:19 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>
>>>     Ummm ... if they broke ONCE they'll break AGAIN.
>>>
>>>     "Refurbs" for sale are a big NEGATIVE for the particular product
>>>     IMHO.
>>
>> So far so good with the refurbished Levovo T480 I bought. I originally 
>> was
>> going to buy another mini but the Lenovo was $200 and had better specs
>> than the low end minis plus being self contained.
>>
>> For electronics a refurb might mean a quick wipe and OS reinstall.
> No wipe, Original disk removed and crushed before they are sold to the 
> refurb peole
> 
> My Ex's BIL worked mainly for IBM supervising office and machine room 
> upgrades and transfers.
> 
> Every few years the PCs are collected, written off the books, and sold 
> to a contractor whose contract is null and void if any disk with data on 
> it ever re surfaces. They are removed and crushed and then the machines 
> go to the refurb people who put new disks in and install Windows 
> whatever. If the machine is working they clean it up, If its scuffed up 
> they sell it cheaper
> 
> These machines are not on the market because they are U/S. They are on 
> the market because some service company who supplied then on a contract 
> hire basis, or some company who has a service policy, decided that they 
> were too old to actually be covered by a service contract, and they had 
> already depreciated off the asset register anyway so were technically 
> worthless.
> 
> The company makes a small paper profit selling them on in bulk
> 
>> Technically most of the Linux boxes at work were refurbs. As Win10
>> machines that couldn't be upgraded were replaced, IT would wipe the 
>> drives
>> and give them to programming. And run.  They didn't want to know anything
>> about Linux.
> 
> Yes. That is another reason these machines are sold on. Too old to run 
> the latest shite from Gates et al.
> 
> Surprised your company repurposed them.,

I know someone that bought a bunch of them, as many as would fit inside 
his car, for his company, that was a Linux only place. Worked fine for a 
decade. IBM Thinkcentre, I think.

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Cheers, Carlos.
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