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?
SSD’s and HDD’s are a wear item with limited lifespans, determined by how heavily used they were in the past.
They’re probably not used too hard in corporate environments, so after a health check, I’d probably keep using what came in it unless reliability was paramount. I have bought a used SSD before for an older laptop, and so far its been reliable.