HP EliteBook 840 G2 14in HD Laptop Computer, Intel Core i5-5200U up to 2.70GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, Windows 10 Professional (Renewed)

I’ve had this laptop one week today. I am happily surprised at how well it runs, does what I need it to do and how NEW it looked. Obviously looks like an older laptop, but I have yet to see any cosmetic damage. I’ve been a MacBook Pro user for a long time. Long story short, I needed an affordable refurbished laptop to get me by for a year. It took me a few months to find this laptop. Has everything on my checklist of “must-haves”. The display is great, bright when needed. It even has a blue light protection mode! It turns itself on between 8PM - the next morning because “blue light negatively impacts quality of sleep”.I am impressed with the ease of this laptop and the high quality in every way. I highly recommend! I will update if anything goes wrong.

EDIT (FINAL REVISION 5/24/2019, AFTER OWNING LAPTOP FOR 2 MONTHS): I thought I was having battery drain issues, but it turned out to be my own mistake! Oops. So after 2 months, the laptop works great still. I have had no issues with Windows 10 (activating it was a breeze) and the computer is performing as expected of a i5-processor with 8 GB RAM. (Fun fact: The laptop I received surprisingly came with a slightly BETTER i5 than listed in the product description!) I upgraded from a much less efficient AMD-A6 processor with only 4 GB RAM, and must say that I LOVE how seamlessly I can run multiple programs/apps at once! I usually have 10+ windows open at a time while streaming in Opera browser, surfing the web in Chrome, editing in large text applications, browsing file explorer, and doing digital art in Paint Sai with my Huion graphic art tablet drivers running. On average, the battery life ranges from approximately 4.5 hours with 50% screen brightness and 2.5-3 hours with 80% screen brightness. To reach a full charge takes roughly 1.5-2 hours. I'm pleased with the efficiency of charger that I received and the machine's overall battery life; it's not the greatest but it is certainly reliable and meets the expectations for a refurbished laptop. I expect it will last for at least a couple more years. Final notes: I gotta say I love this laptop. It just looks and feels so well-made (which makes sense, given it is a premium business-class model laptop), and I love how light and portable it is. The back-lit keyboard and the layout of the mouse/trackpad design are EXCELLENT; I love having two mouses, one at the top of the trackpad and one at the bottom. And the fingerprint scanner is a neat plus too.ORIGINAL REVIEW:I am SO HAPPY with my new refurbished laptop from ITREPLAY. It is PERFECT - everything works smoothly, and it looks brand new. The screen display is as good as expected (full HD) and I love the anti-glare wide-viewing angle. The back-lit keyboard (I can't live without these!) and fingerprint scanner are super nice touches! The battery life is great--WAY better than my old laptop--and so far I can go 5-6 hours off the charger, which is impressive for a heavy computer user like me! I use the laptop every day for several hours straight, and have many tabs and programs open and running at once on full or near full brightness. Now, to all people who are like me and will literally spend hours learning as much as they possibly can before spending a large amount of money on an investment such as a phone or laptop: I spent 16+ hours researching the budget-laptop market. My goal was to get THE ABSOLUTE BEST LAPTOP POSSIBLE FOR UNDER $300. This premium business-class notebook was recommended as the #1 laptop to buy used by hundreds of laptop owners and MANY highly regarded elite tech-reviewers all over the Internet. It cost over $1400 when it first came out in 2015, and it is now available for under $300--WHICH IS AMAZING for a laptop of this insanely good quality! As a truly satisfied customer, I can now vouch for the blazing fast speeds and mighty processing power that this 8GB RAM/Intel Core i5-5200U machine possesses. Its design is a perfect combination of sleek and light, plus durable and compact... not surprising, given that the notebooks feature an ENTIRELY magnesium alloy chassis, anodized aluminum lid and palm rests, and spill-resistant keyboard! My overall experience with ITREPLAY surpassed all my expectations. Their customer service was FLAWLESSLY efficient and shipping came faster than expected. I can totally recommend this seller to anyone who is looking to buy from an excellent, reliable, top-quality source!

The charger for this laptop was a Dell brand and doesn't work. I get an error code that it is not working and needs to be replaced. If I can find an affordable, working charger locally I will keep the laptop assuming it doesn't have other problems. If that doesn't fix the problem I will have to return the order. If a replacement charger works, I may consider giving this review another star or two. I really can't use the laptop until I get the new charger, as it has less than 50% charge. I don't want to waste the charge by using the laptop, so I can't even really say what I think of the laptop, yet. Very disappointed.

I just use it for work and i have no complaints

I paid $244 for this laptop, and have had it since June 7th 2019.The laptop arrived with the promised specifications. A 2015 Intel Core i5 Broadwell series processor, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD with Windows 10 Pro. I’ve noticed some confusion in reviews regarding the year of manufacture for this laptop; it is 2015. A quick Google of the model number cleared that up before purchase, but it is also clear from removing the rear cover.This laptop has some minor cosmetic wear and tear, but it does not affect the functionality of the device.The weak point of this laptop is the screen. Most reviews of this laptop from 2015 knocked the screen for having less than stellar brightness, contrast and viewing angle. They were right, and four years on it is even more noticable; especially with even cheap cell phones having rather decent screens. That said, I can't imagine anyone who is buying this laptop today actually requiring accurate color grading. I bought this laptop to have a cheap second device for work that I wouldn't really care if it fell off the back on my truck. For that, it serves its purpose and I'm perfectly happy with it.The first thing I did was to order and install a Crucial MX500 256GB SSD and brand new battery. Battery cells degrade with age, and I didn’t trust a 4 year old battery. I also wanted more space than just a 128GB hard drive, and I really couldn’t be sure of the age of the hard drive either.This laptop works great once I installed the new SSD and battery. I didn’t even use the laptop before installing the new SSD and battery except to verify that it did in fact boot and POST.So… for right at $300 I was able to get a laptop that can keep pace with a modern Core i3. A modern Core i3 with SSD runs about 450 to 500 bucks. You could go cheaper, but that would mean a slow old school mechanical hard drive. A solid state drive is the single biggest factor for making everyday computing feel faster.If you don’t need the battery, or just get lucky, you could always save some cash by skipping on a new battery. However, I would highly recommend going with an SSD upgrade like the Crucial MX500. The BX500 works too if you are looking to save some cash, but it is not as highly speced as the MX series.