ThinkCentre M55/1.8/2G/80G/W7H Desktop PC Core 2 Duo 2.3GHz 2GB 80GB HDD Capacity Windows 7 Home Premium

Pros: Got this for my mom dropped shipped it to her in Texas. I live in Alaska. She got it on 11 Jan and set it up just fine.

Cons: Hard drive went out in less then 2 weeks. Taking off one egg for drive.

Other Thoughts: Which I had a way to help her she is disabled and cannot carry it anywhere or afford to get it fixed.

Pros: Core2 Duo 2.3, 4 DDR2 slots, eSATA port, 8 USB ports, tool-free drive mounting. Windows 7/8 Aero-compatible video.

Cons: So-so refurbishing job, occasionally missing chassis hardware (a few missing PCI-E covers, a missing optical drive bracket)

Other Thoughts: Definitely a good value. Description is confusing, as it has conflicting specs: these are ThinkCentre M57 (not M55) machines, and have 2.3GHz (not 1.8GHz) Core2 Duo CPUs.

I've ordered a dozen over the past year for my nonprofit company. A few of the cases were more dinged-up than I hoped, but all were mechanically & "componently" sound. One came missing the DVD drive bracket, and a few lacked PCI-E slot covers - par for the course w/ refurbished I guess. Ships with no-name keyboards & mice - negligible to me, but nice to know.