HP 14" Intel Core i5 EliteBook Laptop Price: $279.99 Shipping Options: $5 Standard Shipping Estimates: Ships in 1-2 business days (Monday, Jun 02 to Tuesday, Jun 03) + transit Condition: Refurbished
This thing is maybe 5 years old. It is 3 generations back of the current version Core i5-4xxx, aka Haswell (1 gen back is Core i5-3xxx, Ivy Bridge, then Core i5-2xxx, Sandy Bridge, then this one, Core i5-5xx.
You can get almost equivalent performance from one of the current gen Bay Trail Pentium dual cores (J2900), or a Core i3-3227U Sandy Bridge (2523). both types of laptops will likely have a 1 year warranty, be new or factory refurbished.
Most current review was from Oct 2011 - I wouldn’t use any of these as support to make a buying decision other than the date of posting to determine the age of the tech. There are many negative ratings though which is scary.
I have Xubuntu on one and it flies! I haven’t gotten it to un-suspend when you open the lid yet, but I believe someone has figured it out, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.
Good point, however, people get too wrapped up with the processor they forget the rest of the PC is crap. I like a balance. I might have the fastest car on the street but if the tires are flat, the body is rusting and the doors are broke, it doesn’t do me much good. This thing might have a so/so CPU but the rest is pretty heavy duty and can hold up under a college students abuse. Just saying.
I am EXTREMELY unhappy with my purchase. The first one worked for only 30 seconds before the screen broke. The second one didn’t even give me those 30 seconds. Now I want my money back and I keep getting bounced around from company to company. This one has the laptop, the one has the money, yadda yadda…just give me my money and I might think about buying from Woot another time!! So far this is the only time I’ve had trouble, but this is TROUBLE. I’m very upset.