All anybody can do is answer your question by relating their own experiences. All I can do is tell you mine. In the last 3 years, I have outfitted 1 kid, and 3 Grandkids with refurbed laptops. All 4 of them are still going strong, even with all the dumb things teenagers do to computers. You get the full warranty after it gets refurbed at the factory, so there's no reason to be leery of them, in my opinion. And the cost is just stupid, compared to a new one. For all intensive purposed, the refurb is new. One like this will do everything you need it to do, as far as rodbuilding is concerned. It doesn't have a huge hard drive, but you can find models with more storage without a problem, or get an external for backup, which you should have anyway. [
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