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Lenovo ThinkCentre M55

Lenovo ThinkCentre M55
PCMAG.COM - Editor's Choice
alaScore 84

24 reviews

Jun, 2013

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 84/100 = Very good quality.

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Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e

 

The name "Lenovo ThinkCentre" is familiar to millions of business users worldwide. The ThinkCentre M55e ($1,259 direct, $1,619 with 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor), continues the tradition of excellence for this desktop line that goes back to when...

Dual-core processor. Small form factor. Enterprise-class hardware. ThinkVantage utilities. Three-year on-site warranty

A bit pricey. Only a 90-day subscription for Symantec Client Security. DVD/CD-RW drive

The Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e works equally well in the enterprise as well as in small and medium businesses.

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Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e Desktop

 

Very quiet, powerful, and light weight

Could have been a little bit faster

I am happy as long as it takes care of whatever I need to do.

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Lenovo Review

 

Lenovo's ThinkCentre M55 Tower 8811CTO comes standard with a 3.06 CPU, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive, integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator card and speakers

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Awesome Computer!

 

This is a great machine! I haven't touched my laptop since I got it! It is super fast and just nice to use. Best purchase I've made in the past year

The only difficulty I had was in being able to read the Windows 7 product code because it was microscopically tiny! But that was all

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Doesn't work off the box

 

No pros here since it didn't work off the box

Didn't work

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Great value & highly expandable

 

Definitely a good value. Description is confusing, as it has conflicting specs: these are ThinkCentre M57 (not M55) machines, and have 2.3GHz (not 1.8GHz) Core2 Duo CPUs. I've ordered a dozen over the past year for my nonprofit company. A few of the...

Core2 Duo 2.3, 4 DDR2 slots, eSATA port, 8 USB ports, tool-free drive mounting. Windows 7/8 Aero-compatible video

So-so refurbishing job, occasionally missing chassis hardware (a few missing PCI-E covers, a missing optical drive bracket)

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Good Little Computer, If it Works...

 

Ordered 2 of these at same time. One did not get past a power up checkout. Had to ship back to Newegg for refund, as no replacements were available. I was a little disapointed that a unit would ship and fail such a simple test. It's not like i had to...

Cheap ; Compact ; Windows XP

Old Processor ; Only 1 GB RAM

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Got Only One

 

Faster than my 2002 HP new for $1000, LOL, had the 1st XP on it. Im glad the thing broke down finally or Id have missed this deal. Wish Id have bought 2, too late now.

Can save all my old stuff I didnt want to loose. XP PRO, beats out my 2002 Xp home. Even corrects spelling ! So its flat on desk, its a Pro 4 me cause its small and it fits under my monitor stand, Fits Perfect next to my Slimline. And info says I can...

Front DVD access bad, has flap in front of it so you have to push really hard on double button to do the drawer functions, Found that the flap comes down to fully expose the DVD, but then that blocks access to stuff under that, Removed Flap with...

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Speedy Dual Core !

 

I love newegg! Fast shipping, Great deals you can't find ANYWHERE !

At first I thought the CPU clock at 3.4ghz was for a single core, but THIS IS a fast performing DUAL CORE CPU @ 3.4Ghz !!! This is a ridiculously awesome deal in hardware value and quality . Faster clock speed than my 2.4Ghz intel QuadCore. I use this...

None really! Just No HDMI out, VGA only. But has room for an HDMI upgrade

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Excellent CPU

 

Got this to run an XP based program, and it functions execllently!Fast and quiet.

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Product Specifications

The ThinkCentre M Series is a line of enterprise-friendly desktop PC's that gives users the power they need to be productive, and IT managers the tools they need to manage total cost of ownership. With a variety of form factors, price points, and technology levels, yet all with platform stability, rock-solid quality and security, industry-leading service and support, and common software image, the M Series is truly built for the way IT managers work.

Audio Output

Type:Sound card

Cabinet (Chassis)

Form Factor:Desktop/Desktop slimline/Tower
Manufacturer Form Factor:Desktop/Small form factor/Tower/Ultra small form factor

Cabinet (Chassis)

Form Factor:Desktop/Desktop slimline/Tower
Manufacturer Form Factor:Desktop/Small form factor/Tower/Ultra small form factor

Cache Memory

Installed Size:1MB/256KB/2MB/4MB/4MB / 2MB/512KB
Per Processor Size:1MB/256KB/2MB/4MB/4MB / 2MB/512KB

Dimensions & Weight

Depth:10.6in/10.8in/14.1in/15.2in/15.9in/16.2in/16.7in/17.3in/17.7in
Height:15.8in/16.1in/17in/3.3in/3.5in/3.5in / 3.3in/4.1in/4.3in
Weight:13.2lbs/14.1lbs/18.5lbs/18.7lbs/20.7lbs/22lbs/24.9lbs/24lbs/27.6lbs
Width:10.8in/10.9in/12.2in/13.8in/13in/6.9in/7in

Display (Projector)

Diagonal Size:19in
Diagonal Size (metric):48.3cm
Type:LCD display/None.

Environmental Standards

ENERGY STAR Qualified: Yes
EPA Energy Star Compliant: Yes
EPEAT Compliant: Yes
EPEAT Level:EPEAT Silver

Header

Compatibility:PC
Country Kits:Canada/Germany/Netherlands/United Kingdom/United States
Localization:English/French/German
Manufacturer:Lenovo
Model:6486/6487/6488/6489/6490/6491/8795/8807/8808/8810/8811/8812/8813/8814/8816/9166/9167/9168/9278/9279/9301/9632/9637/9642/9648/9649
Packaged Quantity:1
Product Line:Lenovo ThinkCentre M55/Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e/Lenovo ThinkCentre M55p

Mainboard

Chipset Type:Intel 946GZ Express/Intel Q963 Express/Intel Q965 Express
Data Bus Speed:1066MHz/533MHz/800MHz/800MHz / 1066MHz

Miscellaneous

Color:Business black
Manufacturer Selling Program:Global Models Plus/TopSeller

Modem

Type: None

Networking

Data Link Protocol:Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet/Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet / Fast Ethernet
Type:Network adapter

Optical Storage

Read Speed:16x/24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)/40x (CD) / 16x (DVD)/48x/48x (CD) / 16x (DVD)
Rewrite Speed:24x/32x/32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM)
Type:CD-ROM/CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo/DVD/DVD-ROM/DVD-Writer/None
Write Speed:24x/40x (CD) / 16x (DVD/48x

OS Provided

Edition:Windows Vista Business
Type:DOS license/Microsoft Windows Vista Business/Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition/Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition / Microsoft Windows Vista Business/Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Processor

64-bit Computing: Yes
Clock Speed:1.6GHz/1.86GHz/1.86GHz / 2.13GHz/1.8GHz/2.13GHz/2.4GHz/2.8GHz/3.06GHz/3.2GHz/3.4GHz/3.4GHz / 1.86GHz/3GHz
Installed Qty:1
Manufacturer:Intel
Max Supported Qty:1
Multi-Core Technology:Dual-Core
Processor Number:346/420/524/541/820/915/925/945/945 / E6300/E2140/E2160/E4300/E6300/E6300 / E6400/E6400/E6600
Type:Celeron/Celeron D/Core 2 Duo/No CPU/Pentium/Pentium 4/Pentium D/Pentium D / Core 2 Duo/Pentium Dual Core
Upgradability:Upgradable

RAM

Installed Size:0MB/1GB/1GB / 512MB/2GB/2GB / 1GB/4GB/512MB/512MB / 1GB
Max Supported Size:3GB/4GB/8GB
Technology:DDR2 SDRAM

Service & Support

On-Site Warranty:On-site
Type:3 years warranty /4 years warranty

Software

Microsoft Office Ready:Includes a preinstalled image of select 2007 Microsoft Office suites. Purchase a Medialess License Kit (MLK) to activate the software.

Storage Controller (2nd)

Type:IDE/None

Storage Floppy Drive

Type: None

Storage Hard Drive

Interface Type:Serial ATA-150/Serial ATA-300

Storage Hard Drive (2nd)

Type:None/Standard

Storage Removable

Type: None

System

Hard Drive(-s) Total Capacity:0GB/160GB/160GB / 80GB/330GB/80GB
OS Certified:IBM PC DOS / Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium/IBM PC DOS / Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition / Microsoft Windows XP Professional/IBM PC DOS 2000 / Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition / Microsoft Windows XP Professional/Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / IBM PC DOS / Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition / Microsoft Windows XP Professional / Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic / Microsoft Windows Vista Business / Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium/Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / IBM PC DOS 2000 / Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition / Microsoft Windows XP Professional/Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / PC DOS / Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic/Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / PC DOS / Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium/Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic / Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium / Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition /
Platform Technology:Intel vPro Technology
Recommended Use:Corporate business
Type:Personal computer

Video Memory

Installed Size:128MB

Video Output

Graphics Processor / Vendor:ATI Radeon X300 SE/Intel GMA 3000/NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Interface Type:PCI Express x16
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