This is a blog looking at a refurbished HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux. Refurbished laptops can offer a great solution to your Linux computing requirements. They can be a good way to pick up a portable PC on the cheap depending on the brand of the laptop.
The HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop was supplied by Refurbished Laptops, a popular retailer of refurbished laptops and accessories such as hard drives, keyboards, solid state drives, and more. They provide a year warranty for their refurbished laptops.
I want to see how the laptop runs under Linux with a variety of different distributions. Before embarking on the Linux adventures, I’ll focus on the condition of the laptop I received.
Like most ex-corporate laptops, the HP ProBook 440 G8 was sold in a variety of configurations with different processors, display resolutions, disk sizes, and other variations. My laptop has the following configuration:
Processor: Intel Core i5-1135G7
Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7
Display: 14″ 1920×1080
Memory: 16GB
Internal Storage: 256GB
The refurb laptop sells for £279.00. It comes with a charger. Windows 11 Professional is pre-installed, but naturally I’m only testing the laptop under Linux.
Design
First impressions. This is a robust laptop The materials consist mainly of aluminum and plastic. These materials ensure good stability. It’s a modern looking laptop with narrow bezels and a decent opening angle. The hinges are of good construction with no noticeable wobbling.
Noisy computers should be a thing of the past. During general usage, the laptop is mostly silent. Under load, the fan noise is very quiet.
On the left side of the laptop hosts a Kensington lock, a 1G ethernet port, and 1 x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1.
The right hand side has a combined audio port, HDMI, 2x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1, and 1 USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 ports. Some configurations also have a microSD card slot, but there isn’t one on my machine.
On the panel, there’s a common, low-resolution 0.9MP webcam. The image quality is nothing to write home about.
Next page: Page 2 – Condition of Refurbished Laptop
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Design
Page 2 – Condition of Refurbished Laptop
Complete list of articles in this series:
| HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Condition of the refurbished laptop |
| Specifications | Let's interrogate the laptop specifications |
| Benchmarks | Let's put the laptop through a series of benchmarks |
I have a Probook 445 G10 brand new in 2024 running Debian out of the box with no issues. So yours should do the same.