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That is a second gen Intel chip which means the machine is pretty old. They are currently on 7th gen.

It also means the video is going to be pretty crappy. Notice the resolution is not even 720p. So the screen will not be that crisp.

There is good value in the SSD possibly although there is no telling who made it or if it was put in new during the refurb or if it is just erased. Though I would be surprised if a machine that old had a 512 SSD to begin with.

On paper the specs look decent but that Intel chip is a give away of the machines age. Not necessarily bad but it does mean that a lot of that machine is old.

It does carry a one year warranty so that is helpful but the older chip could cause issues going forward it is missing instruction sets that improve efficiency and power consumption.


His statement that he is going to work with photos and sound editing means I would be very cautious with older machines. Video has come a long way since that machine was built as has power consumption on the newer chips.

If it is going to sit plugged in power consumption is not as big a deal but if it will travel that becomes important.