I probably should have put this laptop thru its paces before now, and I might have actually returned it if I realized how poor the battery life was, and noticed the peculiar issue where the screen just sometimes goes black. I don’t necessarily blame the refurbishing QC, as the screen issue is intermittent - but the battery lasting barely an hour is something they should have noticed. Also; charge it all the way up, unplug it, and within a couple days you can’t even turn it on without plugging it back in - let alone try to use it on that charge. Now, it looks as good as new, physically, and has everything that it was advertised as including… but there is obviously still something wrong with it as evidenced from the screen blackouts (not power related or screen saver or anything like that) and poor, poor battery life. But since 99% of the time I’ll be using this at home; I’m okay with just leaving it plugged up all the time. So I dunno… I guess I just understand that refurbs will rarely be perfect, and I’m able to tolerate the issues mentioned due to the reduced price. Just temper your expectations - you very well could get a perfect one, but just know that both me and and friend that bought the same model on the same day both experienced some issues… his were big enough to return his, as he needed to rely on it on the road away from power.