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What kind of issues do people conceal?
by bunfunton 8y ago
What kind of issues do people conceal?
- quickthrower2 8y agoI got a refurb Thinkpad and: 1. Battery puked out pretty quickly, so that's $100 (AUD) to fix on a $500 second hand laptop. 2. Some keys stopped working, could be bad luck as laptops have shite keyboards normally. Both are not necessarily concealed issues BUT this is the kind of shit you are dealing with with second hand laptops and the savings don't seem to justify it, for me anyway. Plus less NSAWare. The main benefit of buying second hand is the 'good for the environment' feeling it gave me.
- ekianjo 8y agoYou can actually deactivate the Intel ME on the older thinkpads, so thats better if you are worried about NSAWare.
- dajt 8y agoThe keyboard at least might be a cheap fix. I got a new Thinkpad and the right-hand shift key was useless which is the one I use. I couldn't be bothered returning it and bought a keyboard off ebay. About 5 - 10 mins to install and its great now.
- xorcist 8y agoWhat kind of NSAware are you worried about, and why do you think buying new would lessen those chances? While a refurbisher could potentially insert malware, they're not going to do it for the NSA. Old Thinkpads are also generally well supported by libreboot/coreboot, so that's one less attack vector to worry about.
- quickthrower2 8y agoOops. Textual screwup. I meant less NSAware as a plus for the older laptop.