I have had several laptops which suffered from poor quality plastic bodies which cracked around the hinges or by the keyboard rendering them unusable. I wanted a durable well built laptop that would not crack as the others had. This one is an older machine and is a boat anchor-heavy (by laptop standards) but solidly built, just what I wanted. I had a minor problem which the vendor was very responsive to and it was quickly rectified. The performance is very good and the machine is fast, at least for me. I do not use it for gaming but for general usage: word processing, power point and web surfing.  Having had it for about one year, I can say that this is the best laptop that I have had in a long time! I highly recommend it.