Refurbished Laptop Deals - Best Laptops for Sale

Geek Deal via eBay offers the refurbished 4.9-lb. HP Split x2 13-m110dx Intel Haswell Core i3 1.3GHz 13.3" LED-Backlit Touchscreen Convertible Laptop in Modern Silver, model no. E8C05UA#ABA, for $399.99 with free shipping. That's $250 under last winter's mention of a new unit and the least expensive Haswell-equipped Split laptop we've seen with a 128GB SSD. (It's $117 less than a new unit today.) This convertible touchscreen laptop can be detached from the keyboard to function as a tablet and features an Intel Core i3-4010Y 1.3GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 13.3" 1366x768 LED-backlit touchscreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, USB 3.0, webcam, media card reader, webcam, 3-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit.

Newegg offers the refurbished 5.1-lb. ASUS Pentium Dual-Core 1.8GHz 15.6" Touchscreen Laptop, model no. X550CA-SPD0304U, for $294.99. A $50 mail-in rebate cuts the price to $244.99. With free shipping, that's $85 below our May mention of a new model and the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current low of $55 for a refurb.) It features an Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2117U 1.8GHz processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit touchscreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, 4-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit. Deal ends August 6.

A 90-day warranty applies, but it's unclear who backs it.

Toshiba via eBay offers its factory-refurbished 5.3-lb. Toshiba Satellite C55-A5105 Intel Celeron 2.4GHz 15.6" Laptop in Satin Black for $240.03 with free shipping. That's $69 below the best price we could find for a new one, although we saw a new model for $5 less last month. Features include an Intel Celeron N2820 2.17GHz dual-core processor with Intel Burst up to 2.39GHz, 15.6" 1366x768 LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless, webcam, USB 3.0, HDMI, and Windows 8.1 64-bit. A 90-day Toshiba warranty applies.

BuyDig via eBay offers the factory-refurbished ASUS VivoBook Intel Haswell Core i5 1.6GHz 13.3" Touchscreen Laptop, model no. Q301LA-BHI5T02, for $349 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention from last week as the lowest total price we've seen for any 13" VivoBook. (It's also a current low for a refurb by $96 and a very low price for a Haswell i5-equipped touchscreen laptop in general.) It features an Intel Core i5-4200U 1.6GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 13.3" 1366x768 touchscreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless, webcam, 2-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit. A 90-day ASUS warranty applies.

Blair Technology Group via Newegg offers the factory-refurbished 2.8-lb. Acer TravelMate TimelineX Intel Core i3 1.33GHz 11.6" Laptop, model no. 8172T, for $209 with free shipping. That's $90 off and the lowest total price we could find. It features an Intel Core i3 1.33GHz processor, 11.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 250GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless, USB, media card reader, webcam, and Windows 7 Home Premium.

A 1-year Blair Technology Group warranty applies.

DrivenGPS via eBay offers the factory-refurbished 4.1-lb. HP Pavilion 14-Q010DX Celeron 1.4GHz 14" Chromebook, model no. F2E14UAR#ABA, for $204.95 with free shipping. That's tied with last week's mention and the lowest total price we could find for a refurbished unit by $14, although we saw it for $20 less in May. (It's also one of the least expensive HP Pavilion builds we've seen with this CPU.) It features an Intel Celeron 2955U 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 14" 1366x768 LCD, 2GB RAM, 16GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, webcam, 4-cell battery, HDMI output, and Google's cloud-based Chrome OS. No optical drive is included.

A 90-day warranty applies, although its unclear who supports it.

DigJungle via eBay offers the refurbished 5.6-lb. Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 2.9GHz 15.6" Laptop for $449 with free shipping. That's $250 off and the lowest total price we've seen for a Lenovo ThinkPad T530 with a Core i5 CPU. It features an Intel Core i5-3520M 2.9GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, media card reader, and Windows 7 Home Premium.

Toshiba via eBay offers the factory-refurbished 4.6-lb. Toshiba Satellite E45T-A4300 Intel Core i5 1.6GHz 14" Touchscreen Laptop in Smart Silver Brushed Aluminum, model no. PSUB2U-004002B, for $499 with free shipping. That's $297 off list, $4 under our mention from last week, and the lowest total price we've seen. Features include an Intel Core i5-4200U 1.6GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 14" 1366x768 LED-backlit touchscreen LCD, 6GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, 32GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, webcam, media card reader, USB 3.0, HDMI, 4-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit. A 90-day Toshiba warranty applies.

Toshiba via eBay offers the factory-refurbished 4.1-lb. Toshiba Satellite U945-S4110 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3 1.9GHz 14" LED-Backlit Ultrabook in Ice Blue, model no. PSU6SU-02801NB, for $375 with free shipping. That's $62 less than the best price we could find for an open-box model. Features includes an Intel Core i3-3227U 1.9GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 14" 1366x768 LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless, USB 3.0, HDMI output, 4-cell battery, and Windows 8.

Note that no optical drive is included.