The refurbs the office is picking up are off woot.com. So far the refurbing looks to be done by the maker which is a good thing. For what you listed, even the 300 buck models will do.
By games, I take it you mean card games, not Warhammer.
I need to buy a laptop as my old one is no good anymore, I don't want to spend more than $600 for a laptop. I spent about $450 on the last one I bought was an hp and it lasted me 5 years with no problems until this year. I mainly surf the web, play games, and watch tv shows. I should be able to get a decent laptop for $600 right?

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