Pros: Small, responsive, reliable, and inexpensive

Cons: Fixed CPU, low RAM, two SATA controllers

Overall Review: This is a good machine for the price. The J1900 CPU only has hardware to address 8GB RAM; you can put, at most, 4GB in the second slot, or else it will fail to start. The machine is sluggish without 8GB of RAM. With 8GB, I can run Unity 3D, Gimp, Krita, Chrome, Spotify, and OSB (for Twitch.tv) all at once, no problem. 8GB should have been standard; it would have taken the price up a small tick. It only has the two SATA controllers for the hard drive and DVD, although there's physically space (but not mount points) to add another 3.5" drive. A 240GB OCZ SSD could replace the 500GB hard drive; Windows itself eats about 40GB. Considering the amount of hard disk activity (without RAM being full), this is a big upgrade. A third SATA controller would have allowed for a much cheaper 90GB or 120GB drive to pair with the 500GB hard drive. This computer is EFI only, with no Legacy CSM remaining in the latest BIOS upgrade. It only boots Windows 8 or a modern Linux distribution. The limited RAM capacity and lack of a third SATA port limit this machine. It requires an additional 4GB of RAM for tolerable performance, and requires a large-capacity SSD if an SSD upgrade is desired. Aside from this, it's a great spare Windows machine at the sub-$200 price tag. I bought it for Unity 3D development, and it's performed well without an SSD upgrade.