Refurbished Business Laptops below $400 USD
Business laptop
Advice on purchasing a refurbished Dell Latitude 7400 Series laptop
Dell Certified Refurbished Any Good?
LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: $400. The cheaper the better.
Are you open to refurbs/used? Yes, exclusively looking for refurbished.
How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Performance, build quality, and battery life.
How important is weight and thinness to you? Pretty important, looking for something easy to carry around my university.
Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14 inches or smaller
Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I don't do any intensive gaming or programming at all. I just need something that I can use to browse the internet with multiple tabs open and won't cause the laptop to heat up.
If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? N/A
Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? I would prefer something with a matte screen. Touchscreen and fingerprint readers are a must.
Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are and beneficial to the discussion. From what I've heard, business laptops like HP elitebooks, Thinkpads, and Dell Latitudes tend to be a good bet in terms of quality. I'm not particularly tech savvy, so I'm not sure what sort of processor to look for. A lot of refurbished models on ebay have Intel i5 and i7 8th, 9th, and 10th gen processors. Not sure which of these would still hold up in 2024.