Certified Refurbished

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What exactly does that consist of when buying through dell outlet?

Dell does have this to say:

"Certified Refurbished
Fully refurbished, visually inspected or retested, and repackaged to meet original factory specifications."

I was wondering if anyone can add to this or go more in to detail about it. I have a coworker that is interested in buying a laptop through dell outlet and I could not give him advise because I would always buy brand new. So if anyone has any experience in this matter It would be greatly appreciated.

Two things I would mainly like to know so I can tell him is that:

1. What would make a laptop a certified Refurbish?
- e.g. Did someone buy it new and something broke returned to Dell and then fixed then send to the outlet

2. People that has purchased laptops from the Dell outlet please let me know your experience with it.

THanks in advance everyone!

p.s. I just purchased a BRAND NEW M1210 today shipping on Aug 2nd. I guess my coworker is jealous and wanted to buy one also but not at full price. I was able to use a credit coupon and that weird $15 off XPS line. haha