using utilities like hwinfo to figure out how much use an old laptop had.
I brought a used laptop from Best Buy. I was wondering what this hwinfo screen tells you about how much use this laptop has had? I'm wondering if this was a demo unit or something someone returned?
I'm not sure why the power cycles is over 12k, but the hours is only 292 hour. I'm also not familiar with Total writes vs reads - like is that a lot?
crystalinfo matches some of these values:
Posted Jun 5, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC
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