With millions of workers and students forced to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic, global sales of laptops shot to their highest levels in six years with a global increase of 13% on the previous year.
The immense uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic including how long it is going to last as well as how much it is going to financially impact businesses, schools and people meant refurbished laptops become an even more popular option than ever before. Professionally refurbished Laptops, like those available from IntelligentServers.co.uk are available at up to 80% cheaper than the new equivalents.
During this period, we saw an unbelievable 1600% increase in our laptop sales compared to the previous year. Our extensive network of suppliers, large stock holding and technical ability meant we were able to continuously supply our customers with the laptops they needed to keep their operations running as normal as possible, while many IT resellers struggled to source laptops and keep up with demand.
Just over 12 months on from the start of the pandemic in the UK, we’ve highlighted three of the most popular laptops customers requested over the past year, and luckily for you, we still have plenty in stock!
Dell Latitude E7470 Laptop
The Dell Latitude E7470 is proof that business notebooks don't have to be boring. The Dell E7470 offers business users a crisp display, a comfy keyboard and long battery life in an attractive, durable design. It is perfectly capable of handling business workloads, with a speedy Intel Core i5 processor and a 9-hour battery built for a full day of crunching away.
In March 2020, some of the customers who chose the Dell Latitude E7470 included two Citizens Advice Bureau centres who bought 66 Dell Latitude E7470 i5-6300U 8GB 256GB SSD Laptops for all of their employees who needed to complete their vital work from home. One Construction consultancy also bought 40 of these laptops. Being in the construction industry, it was important that their workers were able to run powerful CAD engineering software on their laptops at home.
HP EliteBook 840 G3 Laptop
One of the biggest rivals to the Dell Latitiude E7470, the HP EliteBook 840 G3 is HP’s answer to the business laptop. The EliteBook 840 G5 is a brilliant business laptop, providing a comfy keyboard, strong performance and amazing sound in a stylish design. Combining high performance technology with a long battery life, Windows 10 Pro and 6th Gen Intel Core processors, the EliteBook 840 G3 is ideal for you most demanding business applications and provides fast access to data.
A large Law Practice based in Salisbury initially bought 5 HP EliteBook 840 G3 i5-6200U 8GB 128GB SSD Laptops for their Solicitors. They were delighted with the quality of the laptops so later bought an additional 30. In Autumn last year, as stricter measures were put into place in Malta, one Maltese Bank ordered 15 HP EliteBook 840 G3 Laptops.
Microsoft SurfaceBook 2 Laptop
Featuring an extremely long battery life and lightweight design, the stunning Microsoft SurfaceBook 2 is one of the best 2-in-1 laptops on the market and can effortlessly handle graphic design and PC gaming.
An IT service provider bought 25 Microsoft Surface Book I5-8350U 8GB 256GB SSD Laptops in November 2020 then an additional 30 in December. The beautifully sleek Microsoft SurfaceBook 2 has also been popular amongst our employees due to its detachable tablet, face recognition and beautiful design which is comparable to the MacBook Pro, but without Apple price tag!
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All Laptops from Intelligent Servers come with Windows 10 Pro 64-bit pre-installed and fully activated. Refurbished Laptops are available at up 80% off compared to new and come with a three year warranty.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, have any questions or would like a quote, please get in touch with our friendly team on 01423 223430, email sales@intelligentservers.co.uk or speak to us on live chat.
IntelligentServers.co.uk is one of Europe's leading refurbished Server, Storage, Networking and Component resellers, specialising in HPE, Dell and Cisco. With over 10 years’ of experience refurbishing all aspects of used enterprise IT hardware, you can trust in Intelligent Servers to deliver your IT hardware on time and to a grade A refurbished standard. Our website and ethos has been designed around the IT technician. We understand the strict deadlines and project commitments an IT Manager has to deal with a day to day basis, this is why we've become a very successful competitor within the refurbished enterprise computer hardware industry, and we'll continue to strive to become the best in our game.