at first glance this computer is a great deal at the price, and I usually don't mind refurbished products, it was shipped quickly and arrived a day earlier than expected, packed well in a nice bubble wrap shell, and came with the charger like it stated, upon trying to start it out of the box post charging it gave me a critical battery notice, so i figured okay i just need to charge it, but after a full charge, the battery lasted about 30 minutes, so is this computer worth it, if you don't mind running off the charger yes, or if you have the skill (which isn't terribly hard) to replace the battery yourself, you can usually get them for like 10-20 dollars then yeah, but if you want it working right out of the box probably look elsewhere, all that being said everything else about the laptop is great, there are no scratches or dings on the shell or screen like some refurbs, and if i remember correctly they even state on the page battery life may vary, i just didn't realize they meant by this much lol.