Advantages: The case dosn't look too bad Disadvantages: Addequate but outdated CPU
significantly lower than Lenovo is 3Ghz upwards. Quite how the ThinkCentre A55 hopes to even try to compete with other manufacturers offering 3-4Ghz CPU's with a price tag of around £50 less is somewhat of a mystery. Having said that, as my mate has proven with flying colours.."there is one born every minute"
The memory installed is on a par with most budget PC's and is supplied with 512Mb DDR II SDRAM. Thankfully memory these days is a relatively cheap upgrade option.
The hard drive installed again is somewhat below acceptable for the price tag. The A55 is supplied with an 80Gb hard drive. Although this size of drive is acceptable, for £400 you would expect something around 100 -120Gb in size.
The graphics card is on-board as is the norm with all budget PC's. The graphics memory is shared with the PC's RAM and is adjustable via the PC ...
Advantages: Slimline, Well Featured, Looks Good Disadvantages: No Firewire, Not thought out properly
the system status, it is able to inform you if the hard drive starts to develop errors, or if one of the system fans stops operating, and a lot more beside. All of this data can be monitored from the Director Agent which you can install on one computer to manage a whole enterprise, or configure each workstation to send an e-mail when a problem occurs.
Of the pre-installed packages, probably the most useful is IBM Update Connector; this is IBM?s system firmware upgrade engine. Essentially it operates in much the same way as Windows Update does with SUS, however Update Connector will download and upgrade your BIOS across your enterprise at the click of a button.
SUMMARY
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Aside from the exclusion of FireWire in the box and the cramped position of the USB ports, the ThinkCentre range provides the average IT department in the average ...
Product Information for "Lenovo ThinkCentre M57e " »
Mainboard
Chipset Type
Intel G31 Express
Data Bus Speed
800 MHz, 1333 MHz
Monitor
Monitor Type
None
Graphics controller
Type
Integrated
Graphics Processor / Vendor
Intel GMA 3100 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
High Definition Audio
Keyboard
Keyboard Name
Preferred Pro USB, Preferred Pro Full-size
Interface
USB
Mouse
Technology
Optical
Interface
USB
Features
Scroll
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Office Ready
Includes a preinstalled image of select 2007 Microsoft Office suites. Purchase a Medialess License Kit (MLK) to activate the software.
OS Certified
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows Vista Business (32/64 bits)
Software
Computrace
Manufacturer's product description
The Think Centre M57e series offers great performance, reliability, and manageability with the latest technology and TVT benefits.
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