HP ProBook 445 G8 14" FHD (1920x1080) Business Laptop, Ryzen5 5600U (6-Core), 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Webcam, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed)

I bought this laptop almost 2 years ago and still going strong. Considering the price I paid, it's been incredibly impressive. I can't believe Amazon still has a bunch of these on sale. If you need a laptop, the speed and performance on this one should work fantastic for 90% of people. Only some extreme edge cases may be the exception for true professionals. The battery life is just fine. I do wish it charged faster using type-C. I have a pretty high wattage adapter and it still seems slow using this port. The barrel connector charges just fine though. Since it's refurbished I'm sure I'll need to replace the battery eventually, but this model is about as easy to fix and maintain as any modern laptop. Maybe only the Framework is easier than this. There is no touch screen and I like it that way. Who needs all those fingerprints? Great purchase for just about anyone looking to save a buck.

Beautiful Laptop Fast Lightweight and exactly what I wanted.

The laptop comes (mine at least) with pre-installed Windows 10 21H2. This is an out of support version of Windows 10 and is out of service for a couple of months.More than that, the OS comes with a dozen of HP drivers missing for critical devices like wifi card. This means that out of the box there will be no network/internet connection once the computer is turned on. Of course it still has a RJ45 port, but I am sure that 90% of people don't have wired network at home. So you will have to download the required driver from HP site to another computer, copy it to a flash drive and then install it from the flash drive on the laptop. You have no idea which exactly driver you will need because on HP site there is driver for Intel wifi card, for MediaTek card and for Qualcomm card. You will need to try all of them in order to find the correct one. Once installed successfully, you can finally connect the laptop to the internet and download all the missing drivers and Windows updates. Note that before updates for Windows are installed, the computer is vulnerable due to very old version used as mentioned above. Well, I installed Windows 11 and it, BTW, has built in driver for the wifi card used in this computer.And now the real problem. The battery is really worn out. The spec suggests capacity of 45Wh, but the actual capacity is 36Wh. This means that the battery is 20% less than a new one. Dear seller, this is not what I call _fully functional, and in excellent condition_. This is not properly tested and definitely not in excellent condition. I personally would prefer a couple of scratches to a worn out battery.The good: the laptop is lightweight, good size for a kid's school computer and the screen is acceptable.Addition: despite the description, the laptop does not have fingerprint sensor. I see that this was already stated in other reviews, but the vendor did not even update the item description. [Palmface]

Unit is like brand new. No issues at all EXCEPT - will not take Win 11 update !!😒 It first rejected the update because of a security setting that I found I had to go in the BIOS to change. NOW it crashs with and error saying it cannot load Win 11 due to driver conflict. I cannot find which driver and I updated all that Driver Booster could find, but it still says there is a conflict with a driver. I have looked over the win logs and cannot see any hint as to which it might be. So I'm stuck with Win 10. Not a huge deal but rather aggravating.

I have used HP laptops for several years. I was looking for a replacement for a three year old model. A brand new version of what I got retails for around $1100. This refurbished unit was in perfect condition. It was supposed to have a fingerprint reader but I contacted the vendor and discovered that they had been misinformed. They rapidly rectified the issue in days with just a couple emails.The computer itself was clean, the display is delightfully clear and bright. The AMD Ryzen CPU is more than twice as fast as the machine it replaces. It has run everything I need with plenty of headroom (typically running less than 6% CPU. The NvME SSD is blazing fast.) The 16 gigabytes of RAM is provided by two SoDIMM which allows dual-channel, interleaved access making it even a little faster. I've used it on an external monitor and gotten great 4K results at 60 Hertz. This was a great bargain. Plus, the vendor support was excellent.I want to call out the specs on this again. AMD has an excellent line of CPUs and are comparable to Intel's latest generation. The construction of the ProBook follows the same frame design as the EliteBook which is the top of the line business machine, with fewer ports. It would be hard to match this for anywhere near this price. I've used other Amazon refurb products and been pleased at the value. Unless you're looking for the fastest gaming machine this will service any normal home or business user.

This laptop is lightweight and is powerful enough for my needs. It supports the latest update to Windows 11.

There was a dent at the corner of the laptop when I opened the package. The laptop is working so far, but I don’t know if it will keep working because the dent means it was dropped at some point.