Compared the processor (i3-4130) on cpubenchmark.net with processors from a number of other computers.  Price for performance is *way* better than anything new and also better than other refurbed machines I looked at.  (And budget new computers only come with 4GB RAM).  It's reasonably zippy and it'd be hard to find anything much cheaper.  Wish it had HDMI, but an adapter is cheap.  Love the Amazon guarantee, but glad I have not needed to use it.