I am happy with my purchase of this hp laptop. With the Amazon Prime subscription, I paid $169.00 altogether. This price includes taxes. The reason why I purchased the laptop is for college. My 2011 laptop runs on Windows 7, and I needed a back-up computer for classes and binge-watching Netflix. For any student I would recommend obtaining the free Windows 365 subscription and signing on later with your school email. I received a prompt to add a credit card at the beginning for the 1-month subscription to 365 with the setup tutorial. If someone were to skip this there are alternatives for adding a credit card. It is possible to download the 2016 Word addition for free as well.I enjoyed the voice activated tutorial at the beginning; I was able to set up my Wi-Fi password quickly. Also, I downloaded Google Chrome as well. The sync properties on Chrome allowed me to sync my favorites and history from my 2011 laptop. The laptop is so fast; it takes seconds to load the homepages and Word documents. Just for fun I purchased a very cheap, 20-inch television from the thrift store and hooked the hp laptop up via the HD HDMI cord slot. Now there are two screens. This is helpful for writing papers and binge-watching Netflix. So far, the laptop works great, and I would recommend this product for anyone.