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I used to routinely buy Sony laptops that way, and while I bought my Lenovo new at Best Buy, I wanted a backup laptop, given tariff changes.

So, I found that major universities have great deals on surplus electronics. Lest you think they all buy one type, one brand, one set-up of laptops or any other bit of equipment, you would be incredibly wrong Mine buys according to department, whether it is a science, math or other department, special requests, and they have a very wide range and variety of laptops. They check them out, remove everything (albeit you will likely find the license authorization will still be recognized if you load Windows 11 on it and at least in my case, the group had folks more than willing to upgrade RAM or other aspects. While the warranty they offer is fairly short, they don't want bad feedback, so I've found they really do check them out thoroughly. If you go this route, you will need to pretty adept at setting it up and loading the operating system back (or have someone to help you).

You may be surprised what little you might have to pay for these refurbished units, and in my case, it has been a very good deal. Maybe a small scratch or two, but that's going to happen soon enough anyway.

So, yes, I would absolutely consider it.