I have an older model with windows 7 and 3 gig of RAM. This one, with eight, is way faster and I feel like I've moved a little closer to the real world. Liking the SSD hard drive, tho it's kind of weird not to hear things clicking and humming like the older style hard drives. I'm not into heavy gaming (Spider Solitaire, anyone?) and this thing handles internet and streaming videos better than my old one did, so I'm happy. I love the size. It doesn't take up a whole lot of room. I wasn't able to catch a signal with the USB internet thingey that came with it, so I bought a larger USB thingey with an antenna that catches the signal from my landlord's house two hundred feet away. In a normal situation, the one that came with the computer would probably be sufficient.