I’m starting to get back into the swing of tech at large, and found a business laptop that fits my needs for a portable low power emulation device. When I look to buy it secondhand, because I don’t intend to burn money or the environment unnecessarily, I find dozens of extremely cheap listings without drives. Are these secondhand from businesses removing and drilling the drives or is there something else going on?
No the bios chip is a bit much. As for the drive, even though there’s software to check age and wear, you don’t know what it has been through so when buying used it’d be better to stay alert.