Refurbished Oxfam computers

ironape

did I hear this right? on the radio the other day? Francis St.?

anyone know about this?

yellowfrog

i saw a sign in oxfam rathmines, reconditioned laptops from 120 euro

OxfamIreland

Hi there!

Yes, you've heard right - we're bringing computers back to life!

We're very excited to be officially launching our new refurbished computers range - 'Born Again' on May 6th. We've got three desktop and three laptop models starting from €120 available to buy online at oxfamireland.org/computers (not live yet - please check back in on May 6th) or in selected Oxfam shops across the island of Ireland (listed below).

ROI:

Kings Inns Street, Dublin 1
Francis Street, Dublin 8
Rathmines, Dublin 6

Bray
French Church Street, Cork
Dundalk
Ennis
Kilkenny
Limerick
Mullingar
Navan
Sligo
Tralee
Tullamore
Waterford
Wexford


NI:

Castle Street, Belfast
Rosemary Street, Belfast

Ballyhackamore
Botanic
Cookstown
Coleraine
Enniskillen
Omagh
Portadown

Shop contact details here: http://bit.ly/Zpgz4D

We've been trialling them out in a handful of our shops so that's why you've heard about them ahead of the official launch date.

Every 'Born Again' computer purchased will help transform the lives of people living in poverty by funding our emergency response, long-term projects and campaigning.

If you've got any questions please comment here and we will reply.

And if you'd like to pick one up we hope you'll visit our website or drop into your local Oxfam Ireland 'Born Again' stockist from the list above.

Thanks,

Oxfam Ireland

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Gamayun

OxfamIreland wrote: »

Hi there!

or in selected Oxfam shops across the island of Ireland (listed below).

The Oxfam-books shop on French church street, Cork City Centre has them too (it's not on your list).

OxfamIreland

Well spotted Gamayun - we've updated the list above now. Thanks!

uch

What type of Specs are the Laptops ?

OxfamIreland

We have three laptop models (and three desktop models). All function perfectly, come with Windows 7 and have 6-month warranty.

The laptop specs are:

Laptop Plus - €240 / £199
Configure
Dual Core 1.8 Ghz
60 GB Hard Drive, 2 GB RAM, DVD-ROM
14” Screen, 6 month guarantee


Laptop Pro - €290 / £225
Configure
Dual Core 2.2 Ghz
160 GB Hard Drive, 3 GB RAM, DVD RW
14” Screen, 6 month guarantee

Surfer Laptop - €180 / £150
Configure
Pentium M 1.7 Ghz Processor
40 GB Hard Drive, 1 GB RAM, DVD-ROM
14” Screen, 6 month guarantee

And just in case anyone is interested in the desktops, their specs are:

Surfer Desktop - €120 / £99
Configure
Pentium 4, 1.8 Ghz
60 GB Hard Drive, 1 GB RAM, DVD-ROM
17” TFT Screen, 6 month guarantee


Desktop Plus - €180 / £150
Configure
Dual Core 1.8 Ghz
60 GB Hard Drive, 1 GB RAM, DVD-ROM
17” TFT Screen, 6 month guarantee


Desktop Pro - €240 / £199
Configure
Dual Core 2.66 Ghz
160 GB Hard Drive, 2 GB RAM, DVD RW
17” TFT Screen, 6 month guarantee

ED E

Windows 7 is a poor move on half of them TBH, XP would perform better and wouldnt use half the drive(More really when you count in formatting). Surfer Laptop would have under 10GB free.

coylemj

ED E wrote: »

Windows 7 is a poor move on half of them TBH, XP would perform better and wouldnt use half the drive(More really when you count in formatting). Surfer Laptop would have under 10GB free.

XP support is on the way out, MSE no longer supports it and the free AV products will probably follow not long after, given that the vast majority of XP users are probably using the free version of AVG & Avast etc. so there's no loss of revenue if they're cast adrift and it's costing money to keep producing updates to the XP version on every refresh.

Agree with the general principle of reducing space requirements on an old machine but you can't stay too old when it comes to the OS.

Khannie

ED E wrote: »

Windows 7 is a poor move on half of them TBH, XP would perform better and wouldnt use half the drive(More really when you count in formatting).

XP is end of life. Personally I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

ED E

I dont agree that its end of life, its coming to the end of being supported but the fact is it still has a huge enterprise install base. Those machines would be perfect for a light linux distro, but obviously that'd never sell. 7 though isnt designed for bloody P4s. It'll run, but not well by any stretch.


Not trying to hate on Oxfam here, they're well meaning but these are refurb's priced at cheap netbook prices that will under perform. And if those drives are originals then their lifespan is questionable, as are the batteries. Funding the work they do is a great thing but selling laptops to people on the breadline(thats who'll be buying these I'd wadger) that arent really up to scratch isnt great IMO.

excollier

+1 on a linux install, would work really well, way faster than Windows.
I hope Oxfam didn't pay for the Windows OS on them,
I wish linux was a little better known and trusted, then these computers could have sold with a better set up for their hardware.

Lovely Bloke

I'm going to pick up one of the €120 desktops and stick linux on it for sure. It will just sit in an office/bedroom as a spare.

The fact that there is a screen included seals the deal for me.

OxfamIreland

Hi all!

Our refurbished computers are now available to buy online here: https://www.oxfamireland.org/computers/shop

We hope you find something that fits your needs and your budget! And don't forget, with every purchase you’ll be helping to raise vital funds for our work around the world. Happy shopping!

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