10 Laptops That Are Worth Buying Used

5. HP EliteBook

On a super tight budget? Check out the HP EliteBook 840 G7. You can often find a refurbished one for around $200 — and it’s surprisingly capable. You get a 14" Full HD screen, a 10th-gen Intel Core i5 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a speedy 512GB NVMe SSD.

That’s a crazy good deal for the price. It even runs Windows 11 Pro right out of the box. No, it won’t handle gaming or video editing, but for school, office work, and general browsing, it's more than enough. It’s a great starter laptop or secondary device that doesn’t feel cheap.