ThinkCentre desktops make power seem effortless. They feature steel-chassis designs for durability and serviceability and support the latest technology to help keep you ahead of... more
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Manufacturer's product description
ThinkCentre desktops make power seem effortless. They feature steel-chassis designs for durability and serviceability and support the latest technology to help keep you ahead of the game. The ThinkCentre A30 desktop offers great technology and affordable prices. The A30 is designed with the best blend of essential features and technology, like Intel processors, high-speed hard disk drives and integrated Intel Extreme Graphics.
Operating system / software
OS Provided: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Certified: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Software: Lotus SmartSuite Millennium, PC Doctor, ThinkVantage Rapid Restore Ultra, IBM Update Connector, Lotus Notes Client, IBM Director, IBM Access Support, Norton AntiVirus (OEM), Access IBM 3.5, Drivers & Utilities
Advantages: Slimline, Well Featured, Looks Good Disadvantages: No Firewire, Not thought out properly
...ThinkCentre... Think Smarter
IBM’s range of workstations have always been backed up with a long history, after all shouldn’t IBM be the experts, they did “invent” the PC after all! IBM’s ThinkCentre range represents IBM’s mid-range business workstations, enough power and multimedia capabilities to run the top end office and productivity, whilst keeping costs down to make the systems as affordable as possible. A hidden but equally important part of the ThinkCentres resides inside the computer and installed on the hard drives, these discrete design decisions and software packages that are shipped with the machines. I have recently installed 86 IBM ThinkCentre S50’s at work; this review is my attempt to distil my experiences into words.
WHATS IN THE BOX?
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When the box arrives at your door, or in my case three...
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Advantages: not too expensive, nice looking overall good pc Disadvantages: a bit standard, not really exceptional
...The ThinkCentreA50 8085 has lots of features and technology, including Intel Extreme Graphics 2 performance, six USB 2.0 ports, lots of security features, and powerful software tools to back up and protect your data. Overall i think this is an ok pc, providing you dont install too much memory on it.
I wont go into complicated details like memory size, RAM, etc because most people dont tend to understand them to well. Basicly, underneath all the fancy advertising and posh words this is an average computer for an average person. It would be ideal for a student, like me. I bought this pc for about £500 new recently.
But be warned! This, like many other computers, may seem great at first, but after a while it grinds to a halt while browsing the internet, freezes when playing games, and takes a lifetime to boot up. This of course is...
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