I am writing this review after having it for almost a year: I am in college and needed to replace an old laptop that was falling apart. I use this laptop primarily to write papers, read the news, watch youtube videos, and watching live streams. This laptop is leaps and bounds faster than any computer that I have ever owned. The time it takes from me pressing the power button to turn it on, to me opening a web browser is literally like 10-15 seconds. Nothing ever needs to buffer at all, and it rarely makes any noise. It has a backlit keyboard so its easy to work in darker spaces. It is a really good option for a work or school laptop, and it is worth the money. I have not really gamed on it, or had to edit 4k videos on it, so I cannot say how it would do with that. However, based on my experience with other stuff, such as streaming 4k videos on it, it should do fine.