HP ProDesk 800G1 Intel Quad-Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Desktop Computer, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro 64 Language Supports English/Spanish/French

An amazingly smart purchase! I've had it a few weeks and I highly recommend it. This will open you up to a whole new world of thinking and options when it comes to funding your technical life.Today's economy is not producing a supporting a strong or growing middle class, and most poorly constructed new products out on the market reflect that reality. Short lifespans are built into products, and buyers without very much money are forced back into the stores in 3 years to buy another device because that's how companies can get people without disposable income to keep shopping. Even Apple products are like this now--I have a friend who had to replace the motherboard on her Macbook Pro after it was less than a year old. Although you will get less of out the new products you find on the market today than you were able to find when a stable middle class existed, you will still pay $1000 for that phone, laptop or other device. I am doing whatever I can to get out of this in all areas of my life.In walks this beautiful purchase! When my $900 Samsung touchscreen/8GB RAM/SSD harddrive laptop began experiencing problems after only 3 years, I was forced begin looking for something new. I decided to rethink my technical habits and life to avoid paying that price again. I had a pretty nice $100 22" Acer monitor already, and decided I could hook up a nice used desktop up to it if I could find one. I did a lot of research here on Amazon, and was thrilled at the prices of refurbished desktops. You can get a machine with amazing specs at an amazing price if you go this route. I decided on this one due to the awesome specs and great reviews on customer service from the seller.I've had it for 3 weeks and I am SO happy with it. Thanks so much to this seller!!Things I love:-Delivery was fast and came before its ETA. Packaging was excellent.-My maybe 4 year old $100 Acer monitor with a shiny screen makes everything look amazing (see pic). I was nervous about this aspect of the computer--would the text be grainy, or sharp and smooth? But the text looks very good and sharp and so do videos. I'm very picky about this and I'm very happy on this front. MUCH better than many new, expensive laptops on the market.-It's basically silent.-It works at lightning speed and can handle basically anything internet-related you are doing. Tons of tabs and windows can be open while videos/music play effortlessly. MS Word docs can be open too during all that. The world is yours if all you do is internet stuff and basic computer stuff like MS Office work.-I host Zoom video calls with many callers and have Chrome tabs/windows open while doing them. This handles it all with no problem. No more laptop having a meltdown and getting up to 500 degrees or something trying to handle the calls.-I love that I can upgrade the RAM later on if needed.-Love how many USB ports I now have.-I put it on this nice rollaway cart which I purchased used. I love it. Use it when you need to on the couch, roll it away and get your living space back when you're done.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L3SZ74T/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1-Depending on how much of the machine's parts are older, I wonder if it will last longer than something new due to the scenario discussed above. Used products from the middle-class era are typically better than new.We'll see how long it lasts before needing a repair. I'm hoping to get a couple of years out of it before that happens. But so far, I am SO happy with this computer and so happy I paid $200 instead of $900 to replace that laptop. I have an amazing workspace with a reliable, fast computer that was affordable.2/2/21 Update:Had to replace the Display Port to HDMI adapter that came with this. No big deal. But if all of a sudden your monitor doesn't bring up anything after a short time of ownership (mine bit the dust after 8 months), try replacing that cheapy HDMI adapter first. I got a $25 one at BestBuy and it worked.Also, I bought a cheap $10 external DVD drive about 6 months into ownership of this and after plugging it into the computer once, all but 1 of my USB ports stopped working. It sucked, but I used that last working port to plug in 7 USB port hub and I'm back in business. I'm not sure what happened, it was probably something with that cheap device. But I would suggest just being careful with this computer.Overall I still love this computer after 8 months of ownership. If I can get 2 years of use out of this computer I will have beat the system. :)

This thing is as advertised. Mostly. There is no HDMI port on the machine BUT they do provide a dongle that allows you to connect a DP cable to an HDMI slot on a monitor. They also provide a USB wireless adaptor. Nothing amazing but will work in a pinch. The keyboard and mouse are let's say functional. Not hard to find something better on the cheap but again they work. I didn't buy this for the keyboard and mouse that come with it.This thing turns on quickly. Opens up a browser really quick and is very responsive. Comes with a lot of RAM which is a big plus. Processor is good enough. I got this for my wife to use for Podcasts and audio editing. It runs quickly and smoothly.This is not a gaming PC so don't expect it to play games well or anything that is GPU intensive. This makes a great family computer that can do basic tasks really well and efficiently. Good for kids who need to do homework or online schooling as well.Be sure to run all the windows updates prior to using. (During this time the computer will seem slow as downloading and installing a ton of updates takes up most of the system resources.) You shouldn't really do much anyway till it is up to date anyway.It does have a small built in speaker and microphone. Though this would not be what I would recommend to use for audio. But does work in a pinch.No bloatware. Just a simple windows machine that has a SSD and a good amount of RAM. At this price you really couldn't ask for a better little family PC.

First off, the item that was sent was wrong one! Should have been i5, 16 gig mem,240 new ssd,wifi. received, i7, 8gig mem, 240 gig ssd, no wifi………………. you say, that's not so bad, I thought so too, at first. Then I thought what was more important to me...…...and 16 gig mem, and wifi. So, the 240 ssd was great ,I would have been ok with the i5 also, the i7, ican live with,no problem, of course. Windows 10 pro was pre installed /w/digital liscense,they didn't tell that. However, it did install easily, but had hours of updates to do, Ido mean hours. Windows works fine.Paper that came with unit gave wrong email address for customer service, used phone # instead, was speaking to someone in asia somewhere,coudld hardly hear them as well as understand the broken English, after many tries finally got someone I could understand, Huge hassle. Explained the problem of the mem, and wifi, had to take pics of computer get new email address and send pics to prove only 8 gig installed, asked to be sent 8 more gig of mem as well as wifi dongle, since this was all Their mistake, and to please send it overnight so I could get on with life. Did that happen? No, of course not. After much, make that too much, back and fourth they finally agreed to send more mem and wifi dongle, and of course, not overnight, so I wait another week, to clear up their mistake. So,having said all that, I would say the cs dept. leaves a lot to be desired.I will say the unit arrived in good shape and was clean inside and out, looked like a new computer. It is fast, quiet, and was well packaged. The keyboard and mouse were junk,but worked. If, the mem & wifi dongle get here and are good then I'll be a bit happier, the built-in wifi that's missing,leaves me cold about this refurbisher who sent the wrong unit in the first place. They have tried to make up for it, I'll give them that, but in the end it's not good way to do business.Like so many before me have said, it's a toss up and unless you are willing to go to battle to get what you paid for, go another direction...……...build your own!