Desktop PCs

Lenovo’s effort to reach out to medium-size business users brought ThinkCentre M55p 8811 into existence. This Desktop computer is well-stocked with all types of virtual office supplies required the day to day work for any medium-sized business user. With 80GB storage capacity this system also provides perfect acceleration required for any gaming software. Serving as a productive device for both business and home users, Lenovo ThinkCentre M55p 8811 is a great buy if you are mid-sized business owner planning to have virtual set up in your office. This light weight, compact, but classy desktop jazzes up your work place and makes you productive by it handling all your desktop applications required for your business with surprising low cost.

Design

Lenovo ThinkCentre M55p 8811 desktop PC is made up of black cover with ThinkCentre logo under the drive bays and Lenovo logo right on the top. The PC is designed is such a way so that it is easy to open without requiring any additional tool if you need to upgrade or repair. The colour-coded ports make it easy to attach cables without any expert help. The white dot in the middle of the power button brightens up in the darkness, makes it easily accessible even in the dark room.

Compare to the design of the previous Lenovo PCs, ThinkCentre M55p 8811 size has been reduced substantially to suitably fit into even a cramped up office space. The front panel is designed for easily accessing USB, audio jacks for microphone, headphones. The system is also attached to full-size keyboard and optical USB scroll mouse. But you can always attach your existing wireless mouse and it works just fine.
It still offers all the usual connectivity, including two USB ports and audio ports at the front of the case for quick connections, as well as six more USB ports at the rear end. The rear port cluster also offers a serial port and parallel port for older devices along with gigabit Ethernet port in the same location.

Inside the PC

Lenovo ThinkCentre M55p 8811 desktop computer is a Microsoft Vista certified system. But it comes with Windows XP business Professional Edition. This desktop PC runs on Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz with 1GB of DDR2 RAM and an 80GB hard drive, sufficient for any business users. The system also supports upgrade to Windows Vista Business Edition, but it is not recommended, since many users are still facing problem with Vista.

If you like to open the system, the easily identifiable release button can be pressed from the either side and with a single click the whole lid of your CPU just opens up without much effort. Once you open the system you will find the 60mm fans that balance the load by reducing the noise level to minimum, compare to other desktop PCs where one fan manages the responsibility of cooling the system.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M55p 8811 Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz PC also offers CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo having Serial ATA storage speed with CD / DVD read speed 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD). The graphic capability is well-built having Integrated Intel GMA 3000 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0 with integrated sound card.

Features

The best part of ThinkCentre M55p 8811 is that it can be well-used to install any business application as well as any gaming software.

This Lenovo Desktop PC comes with in-built networking capabilities offering PCI Express x1 – Integrated network adapter with Intel 82566DM Ethernet Controller(s) having ACPI support, Wake on LAN (WoL) that lets you easily plug-in to the network without any additional installation.

If you are looking forward to spread out your virtual office network, you can install LANDesk, which you need to purchase separately. This will help you remotely access to an authorised PC allowing remote installation or upgradation. For further strengthen your LAN you can try implementing Intel’s new V-Pro technology that will help you to manage multiple remote PCs.

Since Lenovo Think Centre M55p 8811 is meant for business users, it can easily be upgradable. It has one PCI Express x1 and one PCI slot free for future expansion.

Unlike other desktop manufacturers ThinkCentre M55p 8811 provides three year limited warranty and is entitled to parts, labour and on-site repair service. You can avail the service from Monday through Friday, except holidays; with a turn around time of next business day.

Performance

Lenovo ThinkCentre M55p 8811 works well for any business requirements. However reimaging is almost impossible with Think centre. Whenever you try to reimage Lenovo automatically puts a diagnostic partition on the hard drive making difficult for you to complete reimaging your system. Even if you succeed reimaging you will see a blank screen after you completion.

ThinkCentre M55p 8811 - Technical Specifications, Features

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