The laptop's physical condition out of the box was good with some scaring on the side edges, like it was stored in a tight place amd rubbed up against something.  The keyboard, LCD, and other key components were all in excellent working order, though.  Yet, there were two surprises when I looked into the specs.  First, the HDD was an especially slow 5400RPM model.  Thankfully I immediately swapped it out for a SSD, and now use that  500GB drive as a 2nd for storage.  The computer also came with the upgraded AMD video card, which it uses in concert with the integrated Intel chip to save power.  After upgrading the system HDD, the computer actually has pretty good performance.  Overall, a good purchase for a refurb.