Hi
You'll be pushed to find anything with these specs for this price.
I was looking for refurbed XPS laptops and for this price all I found was laptops with lower specs.
I am no expert on laptops so
my concerns with this product:
CPU - never worked with one, have no idea how it performs.
Screen - 14" is very small in any context.
Make - very popular in the UK a while back. These days - nowhere to be found. Not sure if this is an indication that the they gave up on the UK market or vice versa.
OS - blah.....
No firewire?
What I do like:
Optical Drive
HDD size
HDMI output
(if I understood correctly) Built in card reader
Overall value for money
My Bottom line - if you are happy to spend $500, as I said before, I do not think you would find better for the price.
Check warranty carefully! Good Luck! Good find!