<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>One other thought: I would not use refurbished for any staff machine. Smaller libraries often run server applications like wifi counters, print management etc. on circulation computers doing "double duty" so uptime and reliability are more important in that type of environment. Needless to say, anything in the finance dept. or director's office should be new, under warranty.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Matthew Kinsey, IT Coordinator, Guernsey County District Public Library</div><br><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;" class="zmail_extra_hr"><br></div><div style="" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" class="zmail_extra"><br><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:30:51 -0500 <b>Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH <oplintech@lists.oplin.org></b> wrote ----<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin: 0px;"><div><p>Have you ever bought refurbished computers from TechSoup, and if
so what did you think?<br></p><p>Have you ever bought refurbished computers at all? I don't think
I ever have.<br></p><p>I would be a little suspicious of the reliability of refurbished
equipment, and I would be worried about being able to get a
quantity (maybe 20 units) of the same kind, or to be able to find
something that I wanted available when I wanted it. However, the
prices I see are very attractive.<br></p><p>Thanks for any input you can give me.<br></p><p>Phil<br></p><p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;" class=""><b><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Phil Shirley</span></b><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br> <i>IT Manager</i><br> <b>Cuyahoga Falls Library</b></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br> <b>p.</b> 330.928.2117 x109 <b>e.</b> <a href="mailto:pshirley@cuyahogafallslibrary.org" target="_blank"> <span class="colour" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">pshirley@cuyahogafallslibrary.org</span></a> <br> <b>w. </b><a href="http://www.cuyahogafallslibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">cuyahogafallslibrary.org</span></a> <b>a. </b>2015 Third Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221</span></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/fallslibrary/" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color:windowtext"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="24" width="24" src="cid:part3.3FC9E9F3.7F4A722D@cuyahogafallslibrary.org"></span></span></span></a> <span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/FallsLibrary" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color:windowtext"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="24" width="24" src="cid:part5.EB309626.1EA0D0D3@cuyahogafallslibrary.org"></span></span></span></a><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fallslibrary/" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color:windowtext"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="24" width="24" src="cid:part7.68AF6CB2.B68ABFC3@cuyahogafallslibrary.org"></span></span></span></a><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"> <br></p></div>_______________________________________________<br>OPLINTECH mailing list<br>OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org<br>http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplintech<br><br>****** Ready to move your library's site to something you don't have to manage? https://oplin.ohio.gov/webkit ******<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>