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[quote=Anonymous]PP here:  on the new/refurbished question:  Refurbished from the manfacturer is fine.  These are typically better than new, since a human has gone through the entire unit and tested it fullly.  Anything that might be bad would be replaced.  If there are any problems, they are likely to present themselves within the term of the default warranty.

This is _not_ the same as buying "refurbished" from some random company on Amazon, Newegg, or Ebay.  Some of these are likely to be fine, but others are just "used" products.  These are generally older models, anyway.

As for what configuration to buy:  yes, manfacturers generally over-charge for things like RAM and storage.  If you are buying a desktop, it often makes sense to buy the base model and upgrade the other parts when it arrives.  You can do this with some laptops, too, but, increasingly, manfacturers are soldering the RAM and/or solid-state storage to the motherboards (sometimes there is a slot for additional RAM as well).  This is bad, since, if you buy one of these machines, you are basically stuck with whatever you get for the life of the machine.  If you must buy something non-upgradeable, you probably don't want the base model.[/quote]

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