How long do refurbished laptops last?

A good refurbished business laptop will typically give you another three to five years of everyday use — often more.

Business laptops are built for a working life of six to eight years. A company might retire one after three or four years for accounting or policy reasons, not because it's worn out.

What decides how long yours lasts

• Processor generation: 8th gen or newer stays useful much longer
• Storage: an SSD is faster and more durable than a hard drive
• RAM: 8 GB is fine today; 16 GB buys more years
• Battery: can be replaced when it wears — it's a consumable part
• How you treat it: heat and drops shorten any laptop's life

Getting more years out of it

Keep it clean and cool, avoid charging to 100% all the time if your laptop offers a battery-care setting, and upgrade the RAM or SSD when you need more room.