Please note that I'm rarely impressed by desktop technology, since I think of most machines as functional commodity items that don't differ greatly from one another. This machine raises the bar with a new look and new ideas. Even the software is hip. IBM has added animated icons to Windows 95, making the desktop lively and perfect for kids. The machine has much of its software preloaded and is supplied with 18 CD-ROMs of various games and software, such as Microsoft Encarta, Intuit's Quicken, Rand McNally TripMaker, and MechWarrior 2.
Virus protection is built-in.
The system up and running. And I'm sure there's an engineer at IBM who suggested such a design. Still, this is hardly something on which to base a buying decision. And I'm not generally complimentary toward IBM desktops. Finding some way to criticize the machine is made difficult by virtue of the seven available slots and five available drive bays left in the tower for expansion.