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Talk about the dangers of purchasing a used refurbished Chromebook

Talk about the dangers of purchasing a used refurbished Chromebook

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MilckyDreams_
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05-24-2023, 11:25 AM
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I struggle a lot to protect my belongings while traveling. I usually go 2 to 3 times a year. Over the past five years, I’ve lost my bag with my laptop three times. I’m not planning to bring my usual laptop next time. I’m considering buying an affordable refurbished Chromebook. During my trips, I mainly watch movies from USB keys or YouTube, check emails, and browse the web. Only in two urgent situations (twice in the last five years) did I need to access my bank accounts online. Some cheap refurbished Chromebooks cost under $100 and should still work. But they’re too outdated for new updates—they won’t receive any more patches. Unsupported models stop getting system updates. I can use Android apps on these devices. If I install Firefox or an antivirus app, do those updates help close security gaps left by missing system fixes?
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05-24-2023, 11:25 AM #1

I struggle a lot to protect my belongings while traveling. I usually go 2 to 3 times a year. Over the past five years, I’ve lost my bag with my laptop three times. I’m not planning to bring my usual laptop next time. I’m considering buying an affordable refurbished Chromebook. During my trips, I mainly watch movies from USB keys or YouTube, check emails, and browse the web. Only in two urgent situations (twice in the last five years) did I need to access my bank accounts online. Some cheap refurbished Chromebooks cost under $100 and should still work. But they’re too outdated for new updates—they won’t receive any more patches. Unsupported models stop getting system updates. I can use Android apps on these devices. If I install Firefox or an antivirus app, do those updates help close security gaps left by missing system fixes?

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06-08-2023, 10:45 PM
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Why not find something like this?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2567540283...1QoO_yZSxW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Waiting on it to arrive but just bought this on eBay for 100 bucks. Comes with 8 gb of ram and a 128 gb ssd drive but I ordered a 16gb ram kit for just over 20 bucks. You can get a 500gb ssd drive for about 30 bucks for it. It’s got a 4 core 8 thread 8th generation i5 so should run windows 11. I looked and even a replacement battery only appears to be about 20 bucks if needed. For 100 bucks that’s not bad. Waiting to see what shape mine is in.
With all the winter weather here in the USA I had to work from home a couple of days and did not want to put a bunch of work stuff on my gaming rig. I’m an IT guy. But saw this for 100 so at that price if it keeps me from having to use my gaming rig or my wife’s little i3 laptop for working from home it seems like a winner. Plus it’s a Dell business class so as long as it’s functioning and not too beat up it should last a while. We use almost all Dell business class systems at work and usually only pull them when they get obsolete not because they quit working. But if you look up that model on YouTube it looks very easy to work on.
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06-08-2023, 10:45 PM #2

Why not find something like this?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2567540283...1QoO_yZSxW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Waiting on it to arrive but just bought this on eBay for 100 bucks. Comes with 8 gb of ram and a 128 gb ssd drive but I ordered a 16gb ram kit for just over 20 bucks. You can get a 500gb ssd drive for about 30 bucks for it. It’s got a 4 core 8 thread 8th generation i5 so should run windows 11. I looked and even a replacement battery only appears to be about 20 bucks if needed. For 100 bucks that’s not bad. Waiting to see what shape mine is in.
With all the winter weather here in the USA I had to work from home a couple of days and did not want to put a bunch of work stuff on my gaming rig. I’m an IT guy. But saw this for 100 so at that price if it keeps me from having to use my gaming rig or my wife’s little i3 laptop for working from home it seems like a winner. Plus it’s a Dell business class so as long as it’s functioning and not too beat up it should last a while. We use almost all Dell business class systems at work and usually only pull them when they get obsolete not because they quit working. But if you look up that model on YouTube it looks very easy to work on.

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