Originally was trying to save money on a less capable machine and I had big regrets so I ended up purchasing this VivoBook, and I can say its a much better machine and worth the extra hundred.Prosan i3Plays non-intensive games (Stardew Valley/Age of Empires)Runs smoothlyLED backlit KeyboardDecent size screen for a laptopConsOnly one, I don't know why Asus thought that merging an audio jack and a microphone jack was a good idea. They should have been 2 separate parts! The machine lacks the interface to designate between the two so it either remains confused or it just defaults to the built in speakers. It does this both for its HDMI port and the Audio port. I only found a temp solution of disabling the microphone when I want to use desktop speakers (although that still doesn't help with the HDMI issue). Most laptops I've used in the past don't experience these problems and is a major design flaw both in the hardware and software department.