I needed a more powerful laptop and this was the perfect fit in terms of budget and Amazon shipping availability. This laptop has a midrange i5 Whiskey Lake processor with in-built Intel graphics. While this laptop isn't good for gaming at all, the screen is absolutely stunning. However, since the screen is so big, battery life is its biggest compromise. While Chromebooks offer 6-10 hours of battery life, you're lucky to get 5 hours on moderate use with this laptop. So keep that in mind when thinking about purchasing this laptop.This laptop has a fast solid state drive. I clocked 1.5 GB/s and 1.7 GB/s read speeds, so you will have no problems running apps. However, I will warn you that this laptop comes with bloatware. In that case, you can use Windows built-in start from fresh tool in Windows Defender to get rid of that.Overall, this laptop should be decent enough for apps, editing videos, etc.Just beware the battery life.Also, you may want to update the BIOS. You can do that on Acer's support page where you can find the drivers and BIOS to update. This may solve some fan issues.Also, for Linux users, Ubuntu 19.04 is the distribution that seems to work with this laptop. You'll have to switch off secure boot and turn on ACHI. Beware: If you do this, Windows will be wiped and you'll have to install it again.If you try to use Manjaro or any Ubuntu distro before 19.04, you will either get no WiFi or a touchpad that does not work. As of Ubuntu 19.04, the only issue is the fingerprint reader not working.