The hype I am seeing for "refurbished" or "renewed" hard drives for NAS usage seems like false economy to me. These drives need to be a heaps cheaper than they are to be the bargain that youtubers and tech blogs are saying they are. Some of these drives have in excess of 10,000 power on hours. It's been spinning for over a year and you're paying 80% of the original price?!
No thanks
Der Marktplatz #Refurbed hat seinen Außenumsatz auf über zwei Milliarden Euro gesteigert. Mehr als die Hälfte davon stammt aus #Deutschland.
Über vier Millionen wiederaufbereitete Produkte wurden bisher verkauft. Der Trend zu #Refurbished-Produkten wächst weiter, vor allem durch den Wunsch, #Geld zu sparen und #Ressourcen zu schonen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Wiederaufbereitete-Produkte-Refurbed-meldet-Umsatzsprung-10344045.html
"Cosas que tira la gente. Recuperado. Instalado #debian12 con #kdeplasma6 Limpito y como nuevo. Es un maquinon.
No tiréis, REUTILIZAR ,joer ya.
#reutilizanocompres #refurbished #capitalismkills
With the current... er... /situation/ economically... and politically... and ecologically... it's imperative that we're all learning to maintain what we own.
Check out this r̶a̶c̶c̶o̶o̶n̶ guy talking about repairability, Windows 10 End of Life, and the pending economic apocalypse.
Invidious: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=QfOvkD3ImVI
Artic is the third luminaire in a series of light fixtures in which parts of a broken pressure washer are reused. The polybutylene terephthalate housing of the pressure washer’s electric motor has been repurposed as a lampshade.
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 20.5 cm
Height: 19 cm
Weight: +/- 2.15 Kg
Mhm, gar nicht so einfach ein #Thinkpad #T14 mit Ryzen 7 und Original deutscher Tastatur in #refurbished zu bekommen.
Was haltet ihr von der e Reihe?
A new shipment of goodies has arrived from Germany. Also.. some ssd discs. #secondhand #refurbished
#Nachhaltigkeit #IT #Refurbished
Das Ende von Windows 10 stellt Refurbisher und gemeinnützige Vereine vor große Herausforderungen. Da Microsoft Upgrade-Möglichkeiten einschränkt, werden viele funktionsfähige Firmenrechner schwer verkäuflich und landen vorzeitig im Recycling. AfB und andere Akteure der IT-Kreislaufwirtschaft warnen vor #Ressourcenverschwendung und fordern Lösungen.
Wie Du mit einem #refurbished- Gerät (#Smartphone, #Laptop, #Kamera, #Tablet etc.) viel Geld sparst und der #Umwelt Gutes tust. Ich nutze seit 10 Jahren fast nur noch refurbished-Geräte und hatte damit noch kein Problem. https://utopia.de/ratgeber/refurbished-notebooks-gebrauchte-laptops-pcs-drucker-monitore_121418/ #Recycling
Mein bei Refurbed.at bestelltes ThinkPad soll morgen ankommen. Bin schon gespannt. Dann wird natürlich gleich Fedora installiert. 
Refurb : le MacBook Air 15 M3 16/512 Go à 1 589 € (-240 €) http://dlvr.it/THw2Ng #MacBookAir #Refurbished
Wo kauft man denn am besten einen #refurbished Laptop? Gibt es hier Favoriten?
Ich suche nichts besonderes, 14 Zoll, min. Full HD, 16 GB RAM
Just got this message from an older woman who bought a refurbished ThinkPad with Linux to replace her ailing Toshiba that also had Linux on it (I installed it for her a while ago).
Just wanted to thank you again for the great service when my Toshiba went kaput. I was amazed at how quickly and efficiently you resolved the problem. The Lenovo is great, we’re getting along just fine. Have a nice day – Lj
Sometimes my work can be frustrating and feel unrewarding, so it is good to get confirmation that the work I do is at least valued by a few people.
Obviously, it's not the latest/greatest. But it's still an Apple laptop for less than $230.
"Nieuwe" macbook! Hoe doe je dat zo duurzaam mogelijk? Mijn vorige was 11 jaar oud, en OS werd sinds kort niet meer ondersteund. Daardoor kon ik bepaalde software niet meer installeren of updaten.
1) Koop refurbished! Nieuwte van het nieuwste is meestal niet nodig.
2) Kies voor de betere specs. Toekomstproof.
3) Ga zuinig met je spullen om. Nobrainer.
Hopelijk gaat deze weer net zo lang mee als de oude :)
Like seriously, I'm not a prophet, but a #Linux #Sysadmin but when I tell people "#Inkjet #printers are a scam!" it's fucking grounded in reality.
Same goes for a shitty #OfficeJet #MFP who's sole purpose is to to be a #Scanner...
So yeah, espechally for #Printing, just get yourself a #refurbished #Xerox #WorkCentre or something cuz #Toner can't dry out and it'll be cheaper no matter if you print one page per year or 1.000 in a single day!
That's nice to see.
Valve now sell refurbished Steam Deck OLED models
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valve-now-sell-refurbished-steam-deck-oled-models/
Actually, it's far simpler:
#ThinkPads became the #AK (or rather #AKM) of #Laptops because 5-15 years ago one could get a baseline #refurbished or #used & #surplus'd X-series #ThinkPad for like € 100 shipped...
Even a #child can #mod and maintain it, and they do!
Jackal Voice: "They ain't biodegradable!"
Garden 
