Many companies use some of their good quality computers for demonstration before the audience to justify their performance and efficiency. These demo used laptops are often checked, defects rectified and recertified for sell. However they don’t sell at the price of the brand new ones and are mostly saddled with some discounts.
At times the laptops get damaged during the transit and are returned by the buyer. Such laptops are also repaired and recertified. In result they become cheap laptops being sold at much lower price than the new ones. Similarly there may be a defective part in a computer. This will be returned and repaired or replaced. This will also be one of those refurbished laptops.
Good news for you is that though refurbished such computers come with usual warranty period depending on their types. However the normal practice is to offer 90-day warranty for the recertified laptops. Yet the average saving for you as buyer would be in the range of $200 at the minimum if you buy them directly from the brand manufacturers.
There are also many online discount Warehouses that provide you with recertified laptops. If you are ready to pay an additional $100 you can get an extended warranty up to one year. The terms include total replacement as well. Thus in comparison they may seem to be the better proposition compared to the brand manufacturers.
However it is safer to buy recertified laptops from brand manufacturers because there is no dearth of dishonest traders in the market who assume the role of discount warehouse to cheat you or your hard earned money.