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Dell Latitude 7490 14" FHD Core i5-8250 / 16GB / 256GB SSD / Windows 11 Pro Touchscreen Laptop - Reconditioned $498

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Feb 4th, 2023 11:28 am

anthonywpg [OP]: Jr. Member; Aug 24, 2008; 141 posts; 130 upvotes; Winnipeg

Feb 4th, 2023 11:28 am

[Visions Electronics] Dell Latitude 7490 14" FHD Core i5-8250 / 16GB / 256GB SSD / Windows 11 Pro Touchscreen Laptop - Reconditioned $498

Deal Link:: https://www.visions.ca/product-detail/7 ... -16GB256GB
Price:: 498
Savings:: 38%
Expiry:: February 9, 2023
Retailer:: Visions Electronics

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This item is a reconditioned product which is fully backed by Visions’ Customer Satisfaction Guarantee and includes a 1 (one) year warranty.

Screen Size 14"
Processor Type (Computers) Intel® Core™ i5-8250
Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080
RAM Memory Size (Computers) 16 GB
Built-In Storage Capacity 256GB PCle SSD
Operating System Windows 11 Pro
Touchscreen Yes

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Feb 4th, 2023 11:31 am

superxxxstud: Deal Addict; Apr 8, 2015; 1726 posts; 2375 upvotes; Roxboro, QC

Feb 4th, 2023 11:31 am

What an awful price.

+19

Feb 4th, 2023 11:36 am

Jedi66: Member; Feb 16, 2017; 337 posts; 448 upvotes; New Brunswick

Feb 4th, 2023 11:36 am

$500 for an old used laptop with a 5.5 year old processor.

+5

Feb 4th, 2023 11:46 am

freestuffiscool: Newbie; Jul 13, 2015; 74 posts; 85 upvotes; Vancouver, BC

Feb 4th, 2023 11:46 am

superxxxstud wrote: ↑ What an awful price.

This must be worse than a fair price to be awful. What are some fair prices for similar spec machine?

The new price for current gen, same specs on the dell site is $1900

This is still cheaper than new i3 or less that has less ram. I’d take older i5 over newer i3 or less, even accept as equivalent. $550 and up, but for a lesser machine.

This seems good to save a couple hundred bucks. It seems priced fairly. Probably the best you can buy for $500. Feel free to share link to better deals.

+7

Feb 4th, 2023 11:51 am

lightmeup: Deal Addict; Jul 21, 2011; 1408 posts; 1720 upvotes; Knowhere

Feb 4th, 2023 11:51 am

freestuffiscool wrote: ↑ This must be worse than a fair price to be awful. What are some fair prices for similar spec machine?

The new price for current gen, same specs on the dell site is $1900

This is still cheaper than new i3 or less that has less ram. I’d take older i5 over newer i3 or less, even accept as equivalent. $550 and up, but for a lesser machine.

This seems good to save a couple hundred bucks. It seems priced fairly. Probably the best you can buy for $500. Feel free to share link to better deals.

Dell has been on the tier of low quality of laptops. Not the lowest yet, but close enough.

I would avoid buying dell laptop desktop unless it is like really low priced to offset its bad design and quality.

+1

Feb 4th, 2023 12:01 pm

bjcheung77: Sr. Member; Jul 29, 2007; 849 posts; 622 upvotes; Pacific Northwest

Feb 4th, 2023 12:01 pm

The CPU and pricing are a tad off, otherwise the other specs are usable still, even though the machine is a few years old. If you can find a comparable option on Kijiji or even Criagslist for cheaper, I'd advise that instead of buying from retail. Sometimes you find deals better for cheaper, so I would look for better ROI/Value...

Thank you RFD community for helping me with spending money!

+1

Feb 4th, 2023 12:06 pm

smacd: Deal Guru; Oct 6, 2007; 10250 posts; 8455 upvotes; Kootenays

Feb 4th, 2023 12:06 pm

Dell's Latitude line of laptops is their business line and has a much higher build quality than any sub-$1,000 laptops. I've been using a refurb Latitude E7450 for 3 or 4 years and it's been fine. Where else will you find 16GB ram and 256GB ssd, FHD touchscreen and Windows 11 Pro for less than $500? Provided it's in A grade condition, I'd say it's very reasonable.

+9

Feb 4th, 2023 12:19 pm

NickL645: Jr. Member; Jul 29, 2013; 189 posts; 277 upvotes; Calgary

Feb 4th, 2023 12:19 pm

smacd wrote: ↑Dell's Latitude line of laptops is their business line and has a much higher build quality than any sub-$1,000 laptops. I've been using a refurb Latitude E7450 for 3 or 4 years and it's been fine. Where else will you find 16GB ram and 256GB ssd, FHD touchscreen and Windows 11 Pro for less than $500? Provided it's in A grade condition, I'd say it's very reasonable.

A lot of RFD'ers are not familiar with business or commercial line products and their quality is that much higher/better than consumer line products. So not uncommon comments from above. Similar to that of Lenovo and ThinkPad vs thinkbook or yoga. Thinkpads are tanks despite their specs.

I would agree that the price given the product line is decent. Yes you can get a newer consumer laptop that may seem better spec wise but the dell consume build quality is going to be completely crap compared to a latitude.

+4

Feb 4th, 2023 12:35 pm

chicot: Member; Apr 30, 2007; 242 posts; 440 upvotes

Feb 4th, 2023 12:35 pm

amazon renewed sells it for 449.99

+4

Feb 4th, 2023 12:40 pm

someaveragejdoe: Member; Sep 8, 2022; 379 posts; 838 upvotes

Feb 4th, 2023 12:40 pm

For a comparison of what $500 can get you (if you must stick with a refurb corporate laptop...and I'm not saying either one is a good deal at all):
Bauer Systems has the ThinkPad T480S with an i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD for $460. Not sure what the display is though. With W10P...which you can upgrade to W11 for free.

Price List: https://www.bauersystems.com/price-list/

The display should at least be a FHD:
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PD ... s_Spec.PDF

Last edited by someaveragejdoe on Feb 4th, 2023 1:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

+10

Feb 4th, 2023 12:52 pm

anthonywpg [OP]: Jr. Member; Aug 24, 2008; 141 posts; 130 upvotes; Winnipeg

Feb 4th, 2023 12:52 pm

The benefit of retail in this case is a one year warranty and 15 day return policy.

+1

Feb 4th, 2023 1:06 pm

Agent47w: Newbie; Feb 11, 2019; 31 posts; 58 upvotes

Feb 4th, 2023 1:06 pm

anthonywpg wrote: ↑ The benefit of retail in this case is a one year warranty and 15 day return policy.

Sounds like a true Visions employee posting on RFD!

+5

Feb 4th, 2023 1:25 pm

NickL645: Jr. Member; Jul 29, 2013; 189 posts; 277 upvotes; Calgary

Feb 4th, 2023 1:25 pm

someaveragejdoe wrote: ↑For a comparison of what $500 can get you (if you must stick with a refurb corporate laptop...and I'm not saying either one is a good deal at all):
Bauer Systems has the ThinkPad T480S with an i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD for $460. Not sure what the display is though. With W10P...which you can upgrade to W11 for free.

T480s.png

Price List: https://www.bauersystems.com/price-list/

The display should at least be a FHD:
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PD ... s_Spec.PDF

In that case I'd take the ThinkPad hands down. You got my vote.

Feb 4th, 2023 1:35 pm

NavieM: Deal Addict; Oct 26, 2010; 4029 posts; 8859 upvotes

Feb 4th, 2023 1:35 pm

I used to work at Visions back in 2016 and these pos reconditioned laptops were barely functional 75% of the time.

They’d send a nice box of defective laptops to sell customers

Public Mobile customer

+2

Feb 4th, 2023 1:46 pm

anthonywpg [OP]: Jr. Member; Aug 24, 2008; 141 posts; 130 upvotes; Winnipeg

Feb 4th, 2023 1:46 pm

Agent47w wrote: ↑ Sounds like a true Visions employee posting on RFD!

Hardly. I'm making a factual statement.

+1

Feb 4th, 2023 3:23 pm

acidcaribou: Sr. Member; Feb 19, 2009; 624 posts; 917 upvotes; Greater Toronto Area

Feb 4th, 2023 3:23 pm

lightmeup wrote: ↑ Dell has been on the tier of low quality of laptops. Not the lowest yet, but close enough.

I would avoid buying dell laptop desktop unless it is like really low priced to offset its bad design and quality.

That is not true of Latitude. They are the workhorse of the Fortune 500, and easily repairable, and I've never had one die in 12 years.
I'm on my 4th. My daughter still uses one with a 4th gen i7 and it runs circles around the school issued Chromebook.

+8

Feb 4th, 2023 3:50 pm

danascully: Deal Addict; Feb 18, 2007; 2908 posts; 6362 upvotes; Vancouver

Feb 4th, 2023 3:50 pm

someaveragejdoe wrote: ↑ For a comparison of what $500 can get you (if you must stick with a refurb corporate laptop...and I'm not saying either one is a good deal at all):
Bauer Systems has the ThinkPad T480S with an i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD for $460. Not sure what the display is though. With W10P...which you can upgrade to W11 for free.

T480s.png

Price List: https://www.bauersystems.com/price-list/

The display should at least be a FHD:
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PD ... s_Spec.PDF

Came here to say exactly this, I bought a used T480s with i5 8350u, 8gb ram upgradeable and fhd screen, 256 nvme ssd for like $225 CAD. For $30 upgraded to 16gb ram. And the build quality is miles miles better than this dell trash. Magnesium chassis and cf lid.

$500 for something with crappier specs is garbage.

Even the bauersystems price for the T480s is garbage, these go for like $300-$400 cad all day on ebay

+3

Feb 4th, 2023 4:05 pm

threi: Member; Mar 8, 2010; 251 posts; 538 upvotes

Feb 4th, 2023 4:05 pm

8th gen i5 is still pretty usable imo, even for how old it is, but yeah it's a bit much for $500.

You could browse sites like refurb.io and Bauer systems for comparable laptops for much less.

I personally just bought a Latitude 5290 tablet with an i5 8350u off refurb.io for $189. Old yes, but I think that price is more what it should be.

Feb 4th, 2023 4:10 pm

dmehus: Deal Addict; Mar 25, 2012; 2875 posts; 1867 upvotes; Kelowna

Feb 4th, 2023 4:10 pm

anthonywpg wrote: ↑ This item is a reconditioned product which is fully backed by Visions’ Customer Satisfaction Guarantee and includes a 1 (one) year warranty.

Screen Size 14"
Processor Type (Computers) Intel® Core™ i5-8250
Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080
RAM Memory Size (Computers) 16 GB
Built-In Storage Capacity 256GB PCle SSD
Operating System Windows 11 Pro
Touchscreen Yes

$498 for a refurbished laptop isn't the worst price, but it's also not great, either. For these specs, I would expect about $375 for a refurbished laptop. This is a "reconditioned laptop," though, which could just mean Visions took it into the back room, dusted it off, inside and out, cleaned the monitor, reimaged the machine and made sure it powered on.

Cheers,
Doug

Feb 4th, 2023 4:30 pm

dmehus: Deal Addict; Mar 25, 2012; 2875 posts; 1867 upvotes; Kelowna

Feb 4th, 2023 4:30 pm

acidcaribou wrote: ↑ That is not true of Latitude. They are the workhorse of the Fortune 500, and easily repairable, and I've never had one die in 12 years.
I'm on my 4th. My daughter still uses one with a 4th gen i7 and it runs circles around the school issued Chromebook.

Agreed. I have a Dell Latitude E6440 with 4 GB of RAM. It's a big sluggish now, due to the 4 GB of RAM, but if I replaced the HDD with an SSD and upgraded to 8 GB of RAM, I bet I could get another 5-10 years out of him.

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