An amazingly smart purchase! I've had it a few weeks and I highly recommend it. This will open you up to a whole new world of thinking and options when it comes to funding your technical life.Today's economy is not producing a supporting a strong or growing middle class, and most poorly constructed new products out on the market reflect that reality. Short lifespans are built into products, and buyers without very much money are forced back into the stores in 3 years to buy another device because that's how companies can get people without disposable income to keep shopping. Even Apple products are like this now--I have a friend who had to replace the motherboard on her Macbook Pro after it was less than a year old. Although you will get less of out the new products you find on the market today than you were able to find when a stable middle class existed, you will still pay $1000 for that phone, laptop or other device. I am doing whatever I can to get out of this in all areas of my life.In walks this beautiful purchase! When my $900 Samsung touchscreen/8GB RAM/SSD harddrive laptop began experiencing problems after only 3 years, I was forced begin looking for something new. I decided to rethink my technical habits and life to avoid paying that price again. I had a pretty nice $100 22" Acer monitor already, and decided I could hook up a nice used desktop up to it if I could find one. I did a lot of research here on Amazon, and was thrilled at the prices of refurbished desktops. You can get a machine with amazing specs at an amazing price if you go this route. I decided on this one due to the awesome specs and great reviews on customer service from the seller.I've had it for 3 weeks and I am SO happy with it. Thanks so much to this seller!!Things I love:-Delivery was fast and came before its ETA. Packaging was excellent.-My maybe 4 year old $100 Acer monitor with a shiny screen makes everything look amazing (see pic). I was nervous about this aspect of the computer--would the text be grainy, or sharp and smooth? But the text looks very good and sharp and so do videos. I'm very picky about this and I'm very happy on this front. MUCH better than many new, expensive laptops on the market.-It's basically silent.-It works at lightning speed and can handle basically anything internet-related you are doing. Tons of tabs and windows can be open while videos/music play effortlessly. MS Word docs can be open too during all that. The world is yours if all you do is internet stuff and basic computer stuff like MS Office work.-I host Zoom video calls with many callers and have Chrome tabs/windows open while doing them. This handles it all with no problem. No more laptop having a meltdown and getting up to 500 degrees or something trying to handle the calls.-I love that I can upgrade the RAM later on if needed.-Love how many USB ports I now have.-I put it on this nice rollaway cart which I purchased used. I love it. Use it when you need to on the couch, roll it away and get your living space back when you're done.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L3SZ74T/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1-Depending on how much of the machine's parts are older, I wonder if it will last longer than something new due to the scenario discussed above. Used products from the middle-class era are typically better than new.We'll see how long it lasts before needing a repair. I'm hoping to get a couple of years out of it before that happens. But so far, I am SO happy with this computer and so happy I paid $200 instead of $900 to replace that laptop. I have an amazing workspace with a reliable, fast computer that was affordable.2/2/21 Update:Had to replace the Display Port to HDMI adapter that came with this. No big deal. But if all of a sudden your monitor doesn't bring up anything after a short time of ownership (mine bit the dust after 8 months), try replacing that cheapy HDMI adapter first. I got a $25 one at BestBuy and it worked.Also, I bought a cheap $10 external DVD drive about 6 months into ownership of this and after plugging it into the computer once, all but 1 of my USB ports stopped working. It sucked, but I used that last working port to plug in 7 USB port hub and I'm back in business. I'm not sure what happened, it was probably something with that cheap device. But I would suggest just being careful with this computer.Overall I still love this computer after 8 months of ownership. If I can get 2 years of use out of this computer I will have beat the system. :)