DELL Latitude E4310

[brandonkick]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...mmc=EMC-GD102113-_-index-_-Item-_-34-300-128&

$289.99

Seems like a pretty decent deal for $290?

Any known issues or personally experienced issues with this line of laptops? It's on sale for 48 hours which isn't a huge deal... it's only $10 cheaper.

Basically I'm looking for a smaller laptop (13.3 or 15 inch screen) for my aunt. She's totally new to computers but wants to get more educated and start using a computer regularly and wants something in the $300 dollar range.

As far as I'm concerned, win 7 would be a must as well as 4+ GB of memory. Hard drive size (or speed) isn't a huge concern. I do want to avoid any with known flaws.

 

[HFultzjr]

My only concerns:

Re-furbished........was it because of a hard drive issue? Replaced with a re-furbished hard drive? We all know where that is going to lead....hard drive failure! I used to be a big fan of re-furbished computers, not so much any more. Refurbished used to be "looks like new". Now they seem to include "well used".

USB ports........1 and one esata/usb.

For this price range though, your not going to get much else.

Not familiar with any known issues to this model.

 

[brandonkick]

Thanks,

I've decided to pass on this one. The reviews were enough for me to say no to it... I'd rather her go a little outside her budget then get stuck with a junko. Black friday is coming after all.

 

[KompuKare]

Latitude E4310 would have been the equivalent of the Thinkpad X201 or HP EliteBook 2540p. A quick review:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Latitude-E4310-Subnotebook.45771.0.html

doesn't throw up any major bad points. Sure you could buy better but unless you go for a refurb like this for $300 you'll only get consumer grade junk.

Personally I would rather one of these business grade laptops even if I had to budget a new HDD or SSD (and I'd lean to an SSD for someone who's never had a PC before because people are constantly moving laptops when the drive is on).