15 Slim Laptop in Ocean Blue Intel 10-core i5-1235u up to 4.2GHz 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 15.6in FHD LCD WiFi HDMI Win 11 (15-DY58 - Renewed)

Great value, for $300 you're getting a 10 core i5, 8gb of Ram and a 256gb nvme SSD. This should be good enough for work or school, lighter video editing and most things you'd plan to throw at a low-mid range laptop.Ram and SSD look to be pretty easily upgradable from what I've seen online if you need a little more. Screen quality is average, colors are fine but viewing angles are a little meh, keyboard feels decent enough but there's the usual flex you'd expect from a plastic body laptop. It's got 2 USB type A, 1 USB type C, HDMI out, headphone jack and an SD card reader which was a nice bonus.This is a renewed/refurbished model, so don't expect it to come in retail packaging, but it did come double boxed in a nice bubble sleeve. Only flaw I could find is a small nick on the outer edge of the top of the PC, just cosmetic.Everything seems to be 100% functional and aside from the nick it looks brand new. I'd recommend deleting all the HP bloatwear to free up some space.If you want the best budget laptop you can get, I don't think you can do much better than this. Only thing comparable that I had found was an Asus with the same specs from Walmart. This is fast and capable and should be pretty reliable as well. Can't comment on battery life just yet but seems decent.

thin, cpu speed fast, wish it had usb lightning capability. HDMI and power cable needed for charging and monitor hook up. if it had usb lightning, one cable would do it all. :(