It's OK.  It does the job of a basic laptop and is fairly light. The screen is NOT the best. You need to get the viewing angle just right to get any brightness.  I really don't like Windows 8. With enough time and patience you can get Win 8 to look and act like Win 7, but it is a PITA. Lenovo's have a known issue with malware installed at the factory. The fix is easy but is another PITA.  I installed an SSD and that was a headache.  I'm not sure why Lenovo uses 5 or 6 partitions on their factory setup, but it makes it difficult to clone the drive and save the partitions that you actually use.  We have an Acer and a Toshiba that we like much better than this Lenovo.  Love amazon.com. My fault for buying junk.