A:AnswerOpen-box refers to an item that Best Buy carries that a customer has returned to the store and Best Buy (Geek Squad, in some instances) refurbishes the product and then re-sells in store (most times, a customer returns an item because it isn't the right color or the right fit for their needs).
New refers to an item that Best Buy carries that has come directly from the manufacturer to Best Buy via their warehouse.
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A:AnswerThat will depend on the requirements of the hard drive. We recommend you check with the hard drive manufacturer for their compatibility with Windows 10 Home 64-bit operating system and the minimum/recommended hardware requirements to format their drive, then compare those requirements to this system's configuration.
A:AnswerThe SSD comes with some software already installed and the formatted size is never what the full capacity is listed as. This is true with all devices running an OS.
A:AnswerTo improve system performance, Lenovo is leading an industry trend of adopting RAID on the SSDs in certain product configurations. Lenovo does not intentionally block customers using other operating systems on its devices and is fully committed to providing Linux certifications and installation guidance on a wide range of products - https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd031426. Unsupported models will rely on Linux operating system vendors releasing new kernel and drivers to support features such as RAID on SSD.
A:AnswerThere is a 30-day trial of Microsoft Office 365 as part of the Windows 10. In order to keep the Office software after the trial you will need to purchase a product key.
A:AnswerThe product has either been returned by a customer or it was a display model in the store. The Geek Squad checks it out and returns it to a saleable state. Check with Best Buy for details of any warranty that may be on the product.
A:AnswerThere is not a hardwire ethernet port on the unit but I do not find myself needing one as the wifi covers everything I need and is the AC standard - extremely fast.