Laptops for students
From the bike bag to the lecture hall, from your student house room to the library at 23:00 — a ThinkPad is built to take a knock. We make it up to 70% cheaper by refurbishing it, without compromising on reliability.
Your study budget already goes on rent, books and tuition fees. A refurbished ThinkPad gives you the same reliability as new — for a price that actually fits your student budget.
For the price of an entry-level new model, you buy a refurbished business ThinkPad with better build quality and performance.
A second life for existing hardware means lower CO₂ emissions — a choice that suits a generation that is consciously engaged with this.
Every device gets new thermal paste, a new BIOS battery and an approved battery before it is shipped to you.
Compact enough for any backpack, sturdy enough for a whole student life. This is why we recommend it to students most often.
Most chosen by students
The X13 Gen 2 is the successor of one of the most popular ThinkPad models ever: small enough to carry around casually all day, business-built enough to last for years.
A student life is not gentle on a laptop: daily in and out of the bag, changing desks, busy houses. The ThinkPad line is originally a business laptop, built to withstand that kind of daily load for years.
Not every course needs the same laptop. Go through the steps below and you will know exactly which specifications fit your situation — before you look further in our range.
This directly determines how powerful the laptop needs to be. The higher your education, the more often you have multiple programs open at once.
Select your specific course or profile within this level. For some programmes you work with heavier software, and you will see that immediately reflected in the advice below.
Continue with this in a targeted way in our range of student laptops.
Some schools and universities provide an exact laptop requirements list, often as a screenshot or PDF. Upload it and we will give you personal advice — handy if you are unsure yourself.
A selection of the refurbished ThinkPads most chosen by students — directly with current price and stock.
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The engine for daily work: taking notes, browsing, watching videos, Office and most research tasks. More than enough for secondary school, MBO and most HBO and WO programmes.
Enough to run a few programs at the same time smoothly — think of a browser with tabs next to Word. Our standard recommendation for most studies.
Needed as soon as you work with heavy software (Adobe, CAD, 3D) or structurally have multiple programs open at the same time — characteristic of many WO programmes and fields like design and architecture.
View the full range of refurbished ThinkPads for students — filtered on the specifications that fit your course.
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