I am torn on whether this was a good deal - I paid $245 and I see it has gone down in price. Might be worth it at the lower price, but maybe not. It came with everything you need to get it up and running, which is great! Keyboard, cables, wifi dongle all included. It also came packaged well to keep it safe. The instructions for setup were somewhat confusing, but only took a few extra minutes to sort through. For the machine itself, it does start up quickly! The hard drive is much better than the old style. After that though, it seems very slow. Doesn't matter if you are working online or offline, it will be doing fine and then come to a screeching halt. I cannot tell if something is running in the background that shouldn't be or if it just lags because of the way it was refurbished. I think it is okay for going online to check email or shop or basic stuff like that, but if I were still teaching online, I would be totally frustrated by the constant lagging. I haven't put any extra programs on it other than my firewall software, but I am pretty sure it wouldn't be able to handle having a lot of programs and apps running on it. Was it a value - maybe for someone who does really basic stuff on the computer. Would I buy it again, given the opportunity - probably not. I would probably look at spending a bit more money for something new and faster. I am going to check to see if ram is upgradable and see if that helps. .I will update if I find a solution.