I bought this as a backup 1½ years ago. A month ago I activated it to replace my old and ailing Dell desktop. I've had nothing but trouble, beginning with a faulty piece of hardware that had to be replaced before I could even boot it up. Also, no data cable had been installed to the disk drive. Over 2 weeks I had to take it to a computer shop 5 times. Whenever I think everything is working fine, it suddenly invents a new problem for itself. It would have been less expensive for me to have bought a brand new computer. Live and learn.