I bought this to use with my vinyl cutting machine but noticed it was fast, so I decided to try it on Visual studios that I use for programming(is a resource hog while running) it handled it with zero issues and better than my $800 old laptop. It’s very compact, feels heavy duty and I will be buying another for the kids to do homework. I will also play a few games on it and see how it handles them.Appearance: what can I say it looked brand new out of the box! Comes with Bluetooth as well.The only downside is the processor isn’t approved for windows 11 and it cannot be upgraded but honestly windows 10 is almost identical.