I've just come back from Tesco, where they have HP520 laptop for B8,800. It's a demo model and starts up, but is locked with a BIOS (blue) message saying "Power on Password". After searching it appears this is tricky to resolve, depending on the model.
Any suggestions on whether to buy or not? The original price is B16k, but that was probably a while ago. There is no guarantee at all, which is normally the case with demo stuff at Tesco.
What are the chances that someone at Pantip could get it working? If I had to go to the HP office would they charge a lot? Any help is much appreciated.