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Is it safe to buy a refurbished laptop that was released 7 years ago?

andrewthomas2008 · 2017-08-09 10:00:45

Morning Is it safe to buy an Amazon certified laptop refurb which was released in 2010? It'll just be used for a child's school work and browsing. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B073FN6DKM/ref=mp_s_a_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1502228446&sr=1-13&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65 And…

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10 August 2017 at 6:36PM

AndyPix wrote: »

Can I ask why ? This is new to me

It was sound advice in the 1990s then batteries moved on and smart charging was introduced. It has been obsolete advice for quite some time now but that doesn't stop people from continuing to hand it out.

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