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Looking for an affordable system replacement that can also free up some desk space? Consider this IBM ThinkCentre 8183 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Computer! This small desktop PC is backed by an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor and 512MB of DDR RAM, giving you the essentials for basic computing. The 40 GB hard drive gives you room to save your crucial documents and files, while you can also connect an external hard drive through one of the eight USB ports. You can play favorite CDs on the CD-ROM drive. Connect to the Internet via integrated Gigabit Ethernet. Feel free to add on or customize the rest of the system with an available DIMM slot and external I/O ports. Simply connect your own keyboard, mouse and monitor and you're all set for efficient budget computing. Order the IBM ThinkCentre 8183 Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Desktop PC today! Product Highlights Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz Processor 40GB Hard Drive 512MB Memory

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Review Snapshot®

Avg. Customer Rating:

4.5 stars

(based on 4 reviews)

100% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:

Easy to use(3), Fast(3), Reliable(3)

Best Uses:

Word processing(3)

Primary use:

Personal(4)

an excellent computer works faster :D

By rrisido from calexico, ca on 9/6/2011

Pros:

Adequate Storage, Easy To Setup, Easy To Use, Fast, Great Software Bundle, Just great, Quality Accessories, Reliable Performance, Sleek Design

Best Uses:

Graphics, Large Applications, Music, Video, Word Processing

Primary use:

Personal

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about IBM ThinkCentre S50 8183 PC - Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz:

excellent

Good, reliable desktop to surf internet.

By Tom from Clinotn, MS on 8/16/2011

Pros:

Adequate Storage, Easy To Use, Fast, Reliable Performance

Describe Yourself:

Technically Challenged

Primary use:

Personal

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about IBM ThinkCentre S50 8183 PC - Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz:

Good price for internet computer. Met expectations.

Much better than I expected!!

By Scottls

from Cleveland, OH on 8/4/2011

Pros:

Easy To Use, Fast, Reliable Performance

Best Uses:

Browsing The Web, Music, Word Processing

Describe Yourself:

Tech Savvy

Primary use:

Personal

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about IBM ThinkCentre S50 8183 PC - Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz:

I have a pretty good size home network with both Macs and PC but the only one I had that with Ubuntu on it was my dual booting PC laptop until now. I decided to keep Ubuntu on this machine so a can get to know it a little better, and let me say, I'm pretty impressed! I have 1.25GB of memory loaded up in it and I can't believe how fast this is with the 2.8 hyper-threading processor.

Now I'm not a gamer and just a casual techie but I have had a lot of fun with this old machine!

If I had to come up with a con for this purchase it would probably be that I had to remove some sticker and tape residue, but that's no biggie!

[6 of 6 customers found this review helpful]

It actaully works!

By Engineer13 from Texas on 7/30/2011

Best Uses:

Internet Browsing, Word Processing

Describe Yourself:

Tech Savvy

Primary use:

Personal

Comments about IBM ThinkCentre S50 8183 PC - Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz:

I ordered two of these since it was the same price as buying the extended warranty. The writeup on this computer still says that it has 1G of RAM though they have updated the "Specs" to read reflect the 512M DDR 333 that was shipped with both. (single card, so I pulled the second one and put it in the first computer)
The Good:
1) Both computers shipped with Ubuntu loaded (just said no-OS when I ordered)
2) These are heavy, tool-less cases that make and changes easy.
3) First computer was online in three minutes and running fast and quiet, no problems!
The Bad(but not too bad):
1) Didn't come with the 1G RAM I had hoped for.
2) Only came with 30G hard dives
3) Second computer was loaded with Ubuntu but would not boot. Had too pry the Cd-ROM open. (Once I loaded Puppy Linux it all seamed to work OK, need to play with Grub)
4) Second computer also has noisy CPU fan.

Still, For the price you can't go wrong I got two computers (or one with lots of spare parts) with Internet capability for under $100.

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