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Lenovo ThinkCentre A52This business PC is expensive but easy to upgrade
Rick Rizner, Chris Manners
Though the ThinkCentre A52 officially belongs to Lenovo's product line, the IBM logo on our review system reminds us of its roots. This rebranded midrange business desktop is slightly underpowered, but offers some nice features that will appeal to IT managers and business users.
The insides of the ThinkCentre A52 are easy to access: Press the quarter-size button on the side of the case, and the side panel slips away. Adding or replacing hardware is easy; a handful of cables pose a minor obstruction to the three open RAM slots, but otherwise nothing hinders access to the slots or components. Several quick-release mechanisms for the PCI slots, optical drives, and hard drives...