I bought this laptop to replace a Precision model of the same era. It's nearly identical except this one has higher performing parts. The laptop was in perfect condition. It is super fast on startup which is important to me because I start my laptop several times a day fixing network issues for clients. I'm very happy overall. Good value. It did come preinstalled with some odd applications, like  VLC media player and a few others, which I didn't expect. I think shipping a device with extra apps is weird and should probably be mentioned up front, but no harm done really. I would buy this laptop again in a heartbeat.