Dell Optiplex 755 [Microsoft Authorized Recertified] Small Form Factor Desktop PC with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, DVDROM, Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit

Pros: 1. An economical way to migrate from XP 2. Perfect for small business/domain environment 3. We have many Optiplex 755's. Proven reliability and well made and easy to disassemble and upgrade. 4. Win7 DVD's included

Cons: None at this price-break, although HDD's are not new.

Overall Review: For a small business environment facing the imminent demise of XP, re-furb 755's are a great solution compared with a new platform. Experience has shown that the product will last for up to 8y albeit with replacement HDD's as necessary.

Pros: -Unit was in very good physical condition, clean and free of scratches. -Performs very well for the price. -Workstation grade hardware that will last and is good for environments where dirt and running 24/7 is a concern. -Comes with legit Windows 7 license and a built-in recovery partition. -1 year warranty which is very rare for refurbished equipment. -Incredible value for money.

Cons: -Does not include physical recovery discs and has no way to make your own. If you want external recovery media, you have to take an image of the entire hard drive. -BIOS was running an out-of-date version. Minor issue and update from Dell web site works fine.

Overall Review: I had read a number of mixed reviews on these refurbished machines and I may have just gotten a gem and your mileage may vary. Overall though, I think these are great value for the price. They're reasonably powerful systems with high durability hardware and come with a legit Windows 7 license, a great warranty and at least the machine I got looked practically brand new. It runs great and is perfect if you just need a cheap system or something low power that's built to last. Based on the one I bought, I highly recommend them.

Pros: PC was clean Upgraded RAM Windows 7 Pro Shrink wrapped with adequate packaging materials The Windows 7 OS comes pre-installed (imaged) with zero bloatware. Nice to not have to reload. Just ninite and Windows updates.

Cons: Noticed on another review that there was spray paint on the case (to cover scratches), I can confirm that mine has it as well. It does detract a little from the value, but some people may not even be able to notice it.

Overall Review: As a computer technician, I highly recommend the Dell Opti 755 series. It has proven itself to be an excellent work-horse system. These refurbished models are particularly nice because of the upgraded memory (to 4GB) and the included Windows 7 Pro license. The computer model may be aged, but from past experiences these systems should run at least another 3 years with no problems. Great value for the money.

Pros: Works well

Cons: Item I received was different than item pictured or described, I had to order the pic-x riser card off of major online auction house to get this to function as it was described, newegg support took hours to figure out a solution, then took weeks to credit me for the missing parts in the item I received. Also case is fairly beat up with what looks like clear spry paint all over one side.

Pros: NONE

Cons: System just outlasted the warranty and bought, extended warranty by less than a month. how did it know?

Pros: At first glance everything looked brand new (keyboard, mouse, PC).

Cons: Bought it on a whim planning to cannibalize, then realized memory is DDR2 and Win7 disks not provided (took a gamble here and lost), so it stopped making even the slightest sense.

Pros: Price.

Cons: Computer had several issues when it arrived. First, the CMOS battery was dead. This required hitting F1 for every power-on. Then once it got by that, it wouldn't boot due to no boot device being found. The BIOS detected a SATA drive, but there must not have been an OS on it. I would not consider this computer re-furbished. I believe it had been in use at a company for several years and then sold.

Overall Review: It was obvious that nobody bothered to even turn on the computer to see if it would boot.