01-01-2020, 03:30 PM
Carm wrote:
I’ve bought a couple of off lease bios locked Dells in the past. I knew they were easy to defeat (after googling) and one seller even gave me the password after the sale. If the company is reputable I wouldn’t hesitate. Sometimes the IT department puts the bios lock to prevent booting off other drives as mentioned.
From a source like a legitimate seller of used laptops coming off institutional use who can provide the PW to unlock the BIOS, I would not have a problem buying such a laptop. But a listing such as mentioned in the OP that stated things like "does not affect performance at all" , sounds just a little fishy. Best case is you get a computer that can be unlocked, worst is that it was stolen or otherwise removed improperly from an organization and that causes issues later.