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Go to Dell outlet store and get a refurbished. I have had about 6 Refurbished Dells from their outlet store and each one lasted many years.
From their outlet store the refurbished ones may have been out of their hands 24 hours or some other return. The refurbished get 100% QC check vs the statistical check on new ones so in fact a refurb has better QC than a new. They usually cost about $100 less so maybe the $499 laptop is $399. I have gotten them (15 inch Inspiron with intel cpu ) as low as $299 in the past. I doubt you'll find one with full version Office included. Usually now they put in a very stripdown version free but you need to upgrade to have typical features you will use at work a lot.
I went with Open Office. Free, Works well. Saves to MSOffice formats.
Do look for coupons on Fatwallet , Slickdeals and Techbargains. They usually have something for Dell outlet models.
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