This wasn't what I had in mind when I purchased a 'renewed' product.  Perhaps it meets some technical definition of the term.  This computer looks like it was retrieved out of the recycle pile.  Operations-wise, so far, so good.  I had a previous computer that is the exact same model...this 'renewed' one has more fan noise.  Time will tell.  It is functional, just not what I imagined when ordering it.