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We've had 3 of these pass through our household. I'm typing on one now. My eldest is at uni and has had two. It's perfectly decent, it's an older i7 with SSD so plenty fast enough for all but the most demanding graphics application. And the key issue - only £300.
The first one my son had got used and abused, chucked across a car park in Geneva Airport and survived it all. It only died when a leaking water bottle filled his rucksac and laptop full of water!
The fact that it was refurbished with a few battle scars already added to its appeal and made it less likely to get nicked when left in the pub/library/digs.
We were so impressed that we just bought another identical one when he killed it. At £300 it's almost a consumable.