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Mr. D.

Mr. D.

Joined on 07/13/04

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Great fit for the right application

HP DC5700 [Microsoft Authorized Recertified] Small Form Factor Desktop PC with Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, DVD-CDRW, Windows 10 Home Premium 32-Bit
HP DC5700 [Microsoft Authorized Recertified] Small Form Factor Desktop PC with Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, DVD-CDRW, Windows 10 Home Premium 32-Bit

Pros: Very clean, almost mint condition Delivers with Windows 7 new installation - no problems registering Win 7 SP-1 already installed Very good packaging Low cost Fast delivery

Cons: None yet

Overall Review: If you are looking for a good functional light use computer this is a good fit. The Windows Experience Index rating for this system is only 3.3, mostly because of the low end on-board graphics card. For my application as a mother-in-law PC that will be used for email, facebook, youtube, and maybe some light word processing with LibreOffice this is a great fit. I could see this possibly also fitting as a business desktop in some cases, YMMV. I would have liked to up the RAM in this system to 4GB, which is possible, but because of the limitation of the memory slots on the motherboard would have meant pulling out the sticks it shipped with and installing all new RAM. The limit is 4GB, both what the slots support, but also with the 32 bit version of Windows for refurbish units it comes with. As a last note, even though this system comes with SP-1 already installed be aware that it will need a ton of Windows updates. When I first started Windows update, I had it set to do all of the updates at once, but the system ran out of RAM after downloading and froze up without actually doing any updates. I started again and selected in groups of 30-40 updates at a time and the update process went smoothly.

12/22/2014

no problems yet

Lite-On EBAU108 External DVD-Writer - Black
Lite-On EBAU108 External DVD-Writer - Black

Pros: Small Light Works on both PC & Mac

Cons: none yet

Overall Review: Just what you would expect for an inexpensive external USB drive.

11/23/2014

Quality bargan

Lenovo M57/DC-2.5 Desktop PC
Lenovo M57/DC-2.5 Desktop PC

Pros: Like new clean - opened the case and the internals were pristine, not a spec of dust to be seen even on the power supply fan blades. Fresh unactivated copy of Win7 home professional SP1 (32 bit) installed which activated without a hitch. Very good packaging Includes keyboard and mouse

Cons: Nothing to complain about

Overall Review: Better than I expected for a refurb. May not be the computer for everyone, gamers will want to look elsewhere. But for use as an email, internet and office app machine this is sweet. I added 2GB of 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 to top it up. Remember 32 bit will not recognize the full 4GB, but for less that $30, no harm done. Be prepared to spend a couple of hours updating Windows from the installed SP1 level.