I paid $244 for this laptop, and have had it since June 7th 2019.The laptop arrived with the promised specifications. A 2015 Intel Core i5 Broadwell series processor, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD with Windows 10 Pro. I’ve noticed some confusion in reviews regarding the year of manufacture for this laptop; it is 2015. A quick Google of the model number cleared that up before purchase, but it is also clear from removing the rear cover.This laptop has some minor cosmetic wear and tear, but it does not affect the functionality of the device.The weak point of this laptop is the screen. Most reviews of this laptop from 2015 knocked the screen for having less than stellar brightness, contrast and viewing angle. They were right, and four years on it is even more noticable; especially with even cheap cell phones having rather decent screens. That said, I can't imagine anyone who is buying this laptop today actually requiring accurate color grading. I bought this laptop to have a cheap second device for work that I wouldn't really care if it fell off the back on my truck. For that, it serves its purpose and I'm perfectly happy with it.The first thing I did was to order and install a Crucial MX500 256GB SSD and brand new battery. Battery cells degrade with age, and I didn’t trust a 4 year old battery. I also wanted more space than just a 128GB hard drive, and I really couldn’t be sure of the age of the hard drive either.This laptop works great once I installed the new SSD and battery. I didn’t even use the laptop before installing the new SSD and battery except to verify that it did in fact boot and POST.So… for right at $300 I was able to get a laptop that can keep pace with a modern Core i3. A modern Core i3 with SSD runs about 450 to 500 bucks. You could go cheaper, but that would mean a slow old school mechanical hard drive. A solid state drive is the single biggest factor for making everyday computing feel faster.If you don’t need the battery, or just get lucky, you could always save some cash by skipping on a new battery. However, I would highly recommend going with an SSD upgrade like the Crucial MX500. The BX500 works too if you are looking to save some cash, but it is not as highly speced as the MX series.