I got this cheap Chromebook for the purpose of streaming video to my Chromecast, since the old laptop I was using for that purpose was on its last legs. For that purpose, it works well. Signal is sufficient, connection is easy. Battery life is amazing. But I don't think it'd be much use to me for anything else. The screen, as others have noted, is small and not particularly sharp and the keyboard is too small for my big hands. Can't imagine using it for my main machine, but it works for what I got it for.