Disclaimer - this was just my experience. Yours may not be the same.I needed a cheap PC to run code on my CNC machine.  I wanted something small so it can be tucked away in the relatively dirty environment of a wood shop.  I looked at Intel NUCs, and while they're great, I didn't need to spend the extra cost for the capabilities/more current hardware.Well I bought this "renewed" because it was so affordable and I was fully prepared for gear that definitely showed its age.  But much to my delight what I got was a brand-new-in-the-box computer.  It had clearly been opened to inspect the contents, but it was equally clear it had never  been opened.  I am assuming what I got was a "corporate buy over-run" - basically new old stock from some now defunct IT department that had to deploy lots of small desktops.The size is perfect - it can mount to a monitor as small as 15" no problem (assuming you have the mount - UNLIKE the Intel NUC which includes one, there's none here).  Performance so far is exactly what I expected.  It's not a powerhouse, but unless you're trying to run Photoshop or some other "power user" application / suite it's great.  Windows 10 is..... Windows 10 :/  But I see no reason why you couldn't get Linux on it via typical install paths....So I'm SUPER pleased with the purchase. These were 3 times the cost 18 months ago. Again - you may not be so lucky. But you never know :)