Great value. I purchased this after buying an LG monitor and tried to use it with my2017 Macbook. The pixels were fuzzy, the translation wasn't great. So I opted to take a chanceand buy this refurbished Mac. Like new out of box. Gave it a software update macOS Monterey 12.4.Took a while to transfer everything- I use a combo of outlook, google, chrome. I'm stilladjusting. It's great to have a nice big beautiful desktop. How was I working on an 11inmacbook on spreadsheets and presentations for so long? this is a game changer.It's silly to complain about the keyboard and mouse that I see in so many review.Spend the money and get your self an apple keyboard and mouse. It's apple after all. I'm stilladjusting the screen and contrast- hoping to get a sharper pixle. I actually thinkI may need new glasses for my eyes, to adjust to this screen. I will be reaching out totech support and will update this review when it is adjusted. I'm really satisfied. It's this for$300+ or $1500 for a new mac desktop. Again, a fantastic option. I'm happy with my purchase.UPDATE FEB 2023: upgraded to ventura and it has become very slow. I understand that this model 2017-2019 Flash drive../ Hard drive has a physical spinning disk2017 - that’s all they had and doesn't perform as optimally as it should. The expert at the Apple genius bar suggested going to a 3rd party Apple repair to update the hard drive storage to a “Solid State drive”It is at the apple store right now - they are downgrading back to BIG Sur to see if it will perform better. I'll check the cost on that. If that service costs less than $300 I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll be in the market for a new mini mac with 10 core graphics card and buy a moniter. mini macs are @ $600 plus the cost of a monitor: $200-300. Or, the new 24 inch $1200. The resolution never really improved either on this one.. light on the pixels. I still don't regret purchasing this at the time, it worked for my needs for a while for something under $500.