I've got one of these, in fact I'm writing this review on it right now. I bought it for £200 at my local auctions 2 years ago (14th Feb 2007 to be exact) & I'm still getting great use out of it. It looks sleek with its all black case, keyboard & mouse.
It's really easy to do upgrades on ... Read review
Advantages: ibms past record Disadvantages: poor choice of graphics port
I've got one of these, in fact I'm writing this review on it right now. I bought it for £200 at my local auctions 2 years ago (14th Feb 2007 to be exact) & I'm still getting great use out of it. It looks sleek with its all black case, keyboard & mouse.
It's really easy to do upgrades on as it requires no tools to open the case or remove any parts. I upgraded the dvd-rom in mine to a rewriter & it took minutes to do & was as quick to ... ...not have a super high powered graphics card but the on-board chip handles games pretty well. I've been able to play both Quake 4 & Half Life 2 at fairly decent speeds.
The port to fit a graphics card is a slightly annoying issue as it's intended for a standard PCI card & I was expecting to find an AGP port but I guess thats the price you pay for buying what was only ever intended to be a business machine. On-board sound is very good, ... more
I've got one of these, in fact I'm writing this review on it right now. I bought it for £200 at my local auctions 2 years ago (14th Feb 2007 to be exact) & I'm still getting great use out of it. It looks sleek with its all black case, keyboard & mouse.
It's really easy to do upgrades on as it requires no tools to open the case or remove any parts. I upgraded the dvd-rom in mine to a rewriter & it took minutes to do & was as quick to get running & burning with.
It might not have a super high powered graphics card but the on-board chip handles games pretty well. I've been able to play both Quake 4 & Half Life 2 at fairly decent speeds.
The port to fit a graphics card is a slightly annoying issue as it's intended for a standard PCI card & I was expecting to find an AGP port but I guess thats the price you pay for buying what was only ever intended to be a business machine. On-board sound is very good, the 1gb of RAM that comes as standard is more than enough for what I use it for.
It runs on Windows XP Professional (but I was annoyed that they didn't supply back-up cd's or dvds for any of the software on the machine) & it runs plenty quick enough for my liking, also handling all my peripherals through its 6 usb ports (though the 4 at the back are badly placed, I'd rather see sockets on 1 side of the case).
Its a nice machine, the Lenova badged name might confuse those who don't know IBM changed their trading name. I'd recommend it or its successors. Its a reliable workhorse that will keep on going.
Intel GMA 3000 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0
Max Allocated RAM Size
256 MB
Digital Video Standard
Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
Max Monitors Supported
2
Audio output
Type
Sound card - integrated
Compliant Standards
SoundMAX, SoundMAX, High Definition Audio, AC '97, SoundMAX
Keyboard
Keyboard Name
Preferred Pro Full-size, Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard, Preferred Pro USB, Preferred Pro USB Fingerprint
Interface
USB, PS/2
Features
Fingerprint reader
Mouse
Technology
Optical
Interface
USB
Features
Scroll
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Microsoft Windows XP Professional ( preloaded ), DOS licence, Microsoft Windows Vista Business ( preloaded ), DOS 2000 licence, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Certified
PC DOS, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, PC DOS, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, PC DOS, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Software
Adobe Acrobat Reader, PC Doctor, Sun Java Runtime Environment, Google Toolbar, ThinkVantage Client Security Software, ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery, Lotus Notes Stand-alone Client licence, Lotus SmartSuite Millennium licence, ThinkVantage Productivity Center, ThinkVantage System Update, Symantec Client Security (with 90 days of updates) (OEM), Diskeeper Lite, Google Desktop, Google Picasa, ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery
Microsoft Office Ready
Includes a preinstalled image of select 2007 Microsoft Office suites. Purchase a Medialess License Kit (MLK) to activate the software.
Card reader
Type
Card reader
Manufacturer's product description
The ThinkCentre M55 series offers a blend of essential features and technology, including enhanced memory speed, a USB Preferred Pro full-size keyboard, Intel processor technology, and numerous data protection tools.
