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IBM S50

IBM S50
alaScore 82

11 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 11 reviews of IBM S50. The average rating for this product is 3.1/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the IBM S50 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 82/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

poor quality control

 

Low cost

Unit did not work, physically dirty inside DVD drive unacceptable for a refurbished unit. Unit came doa. Slow response time to emails sent to Newegg. Less than 1star rating on this transaction

Apr, 2015

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Refurb Lenovo ThinkCenter S50

 

Great buy.

Great price ; Fast internet and Office (once it was installed) ; Win7 updated itself ; Compact

Fan was noisy upon startup but eased off after 10 minutes. I dont notice it anymore ; PC is not silent, (either fan or HDD) ; Case has to be closed to power on, I'll need custom power cables to attach another HDD or USB enclosures -OR- find that switch...

Feb, 2015

Consumer review (newegg.com)

IBM S50

 

I bought 3 of these Aug-Sept 2014 and was lucky to get the 3.2 GHz CPU. The first needs to run with the cover open and the other 2 run ok with the cover closed. At $55 dollars I am tempted to buy another. I will put in a faster CPU later. But the best...

Great price. Great small computer. I agree with other comments: can't get a typewriter for this price, great to tinker with or for kids to learn on, maybe add a faster CPU later (prices are going down) ; Comes with on board ethernet and audio (16MB max.)

None that cause me to take off eggs This is refurbished. I know that and will take my chances. I can deal with most problems because computers are my hobby. I am still using the first one with an extra fan(from customer support-thank guys) and with the...

Dec, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

DO NOT BUY! (FAULTY PARTS)

 

Totally Useless. It's like playing Russian roulette with a bunch of old computers. Don't waste your time! Put a little bit more money and buy something that wont fail!

None

For my business, I needed 3 computers that can run a basic dos program. I ordered three of these and 2 out of the 3 broke down on me in a couple of days. #1 computer likes to automatically turn off all my input devices and the #2 doesn't even POST...

Oct, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Works, no major problems besides setup

 

IBM KCKH6TD 32 bits IBM BIOS 2AKT51AUS Intel P4 3.2GHz 32 bits 100MHz clk DIMM DDR Synchronous 64 bits 1GB PC 3200 DDR module installed Operating at 3.20GHz, 400MHz Memory Speed System comes with read-only optical drive. BIOS Setup -you appear to have...

Arrived quickly, clean interior, no loose connections, all ports tested appear to be functional

Optical drive is a CD/DVD Read-Only Media model. USB plugs in front were difficult to get into. Runs a bit hot, as well. Could use some better ventilation and fans. Minor annoyance; had to go into BIOS before the CD/DVD drive would work. Took Me over a...

Oct, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

1 bad out of 4 ..

 

Linda: The drive IS a 40GB but is partitioned into 3 parts.. Your recovery partition is on one of them.

Nice little machine for the price of a Windows 7 key

1 out of 4 had bad caps on the MB ; Currently waiting on a replacement ; another appears to have had the caps replaced already ; (the leads were way too long) ; No recovery CD

Jun, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Ho Hum

 

Outside of case was clean inside covered in soot? This thing weighs A TON. and really has no room for expansion had to remove RD-ROM to install second Hard drive

Cheap and has Win 7 32 bit CoA

P4 is slow, as old as it is caps have probably degraded along with some of the chips. Had to reinstall Windows after about 3 days due to drive corruption. Hard drive DIED after about a week

May, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

You get what you pay for.

 

For a cheap PC it has a descent processor

It came with only 40GB of hard drive. I think I used it all up in two days. I also randomly turn off then it starts again for no reason. I thought I would be able to make additions to it for better performance but the little it has is the max. I'm...

May, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Buyer Beware incorrect HD 25 GB not 40 GB

 

If you don't mind sending it back to get the correct hd it would be ok. First time I have been very unhappy with newegg but I ordered it from neweggflash maybe they are not as good as newegg.

It works good and is fast

ONLY has a 25 GB hard drive I spent 6 hours updating this to find out it had tiny hard drive. They said I had to send the whole thing back I told them I can't lift it and have to pay for it to be moved I had already paid ($10) to have it moved into the...

May, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

It does OK

 

I bought this to put in my home office where I take inbound calls doing tech support. It's OK for something temporary until some checks come in.

Affordable, very clean and well refurbished. No overheating issues. Win 7 Home key is a plus

2gb max supported memory really puts a hindrance on Win 7. Even when tweaked to the lowest settings possible, it still has a hard time keeping up with my work

May, 2014
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