What $400 buys in a refurbished laptop
Under $400 you move past basic laptops into business machines with real headroom: quad-core Dell Precision workstations, Latitude 5000 and 7000 models, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 and the Lenovo ThinkBook 15, many with 16GB of memory and a touchscreen. The page is sorted best-equipped first. Every laptop is tested, with Windows 11 Pro, a 1-year warranty, free 2-day shipping and 30-day returns.
Best for
- Office and working from home: the Dell Latitude 5510 and Latitude 5410, or the 13.3-inch Latitude 7330 with 12th-generation Intel.
- College and travel: the 14-inch ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8, or the Latitude 7210 2-in-1 for handwritten notes on a detachable touchscreen.
- Big spreadsheets, data and engineering software: Dell Precision 3541 and 3551 workstations with quad-core H-series processors and 16GB or 32GB of memory.
- A big touchscreen: the Lenovo ThinkBook 15 G2, a 15.6-inch touchscreen with 11th-generation Intel and a number pad.
- The lowest price: listings marked Grade B have visible cosmetic wear and the same warranty. See all Grade B laptops.
Worth a little more?
Up to $500 adds the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9, newer ThinkBooks and the Precision 3560. See laptops under $500.