When everything we had was destroyed by smoke, we had to discard our expensive laptops we used for business and pleasure. We were replacing everything, so we couldn't afford two nice laptops and everything else. We got this laptop as the best deal for what we really needed for business and pleasure and then got a good tablet via our phone company and a nice keyboard/easel for that as a stand-in for a second laptop. This has served us well, and I recommend it as an affordable laptop that is much better than the cheapest models.The only issue I've had with it is that it's a bit hard to hear the sound with my air cleaner going whereas I can hear the same things (Netflix, network news) on my phone or tablet. I think there are two issues with that. One is that the sound seems to come off the bottom of the laptop and that's often on our laps or blankets. The other is that I think there is some kind of loose connection or another fault with the sound as very rarely it will suddenly be much easier to hear. I don't know if this was a manufacturing defect or if the laptop got bumped or something.