Does anyone have an informed opinion on the Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e 9637 - Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz?

Question

I need as technical of information as is possible for a research project. I cannot find user reviews of the Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e anywhere. If you do not have any personal experience, can you direct me to somewhere that does?

CDW, CNET, and others do not have any customer reviews, so that's why I need personal experience reviews, detailed is better. Thank you.

Answer 1

Firstly, it has a decent processor, not great but decent. I'm a fan of the Core 2 Duo E6600, I think it presents the best price/performance ratio of current generation processors.

It only has 1GB of memory. I say only because while Vista will run with 1GB of memory, it is highly recommended to have 2GB or more if you plan on running Vista.

The hard drive is rather small at 80GB, I wouldn't settle for anything less than 300GB.

According to the site I found, it only has a DVD-Rom and is not capable of writing to any kind of optical media. This is unacceptable. You expect a PC, any PC in this day and age to have at least one DVDRW drive.

Just about everything about the system is mundane, the only good thing about it is the processor. It needs more memory, a larger hard drive, a DVDRW drive and a host of other things to even make it a serviceable computer. It also features the Intel GMA X3000 integrated graphics. Yeah... right... so right off the bat you need to spend about $100 for memory, $65 for a DVDRW drive and $100 for a 300GB hard drive and say $110 for a decent graphics card. That's $375 in upgrades you need right from the start.

It's not a computer I would buy. But it is business oriented, hence the "shortcuts".

More here, http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/specs.aspx?EDC=1110137

Answer 2

http://reviews.cnet.com/Lenovo_ThinkCentre_M55e_9637_Core_2_Duo_E6300_1_86_GHz/4505-3118_7-32175804.html

looks ok for an office but the graphics are weak ...

Answer 3

Yes, I think it is keen.