Yes it is cheaper than a lot of other models but you really get what you pay for with this one. So many stupid little mistakes in hardware keep popping up not to mention I bought this less than a year ago and the battery life has already gone to s**t. Smaller but incredibly frustrating issue is the keyboard backlight has no way of staying lit after 30 seconds despite there even being a keyboard backlight button (which seems to have no real purpose). Also the speakers will just stop working randomly and you'll have to restart the computer in order to fix (this happens a lot). Just do yourself a favor, save yourself a lot of little annoyances and buy from another manufacturer. Oh also its SUPER quiet even at full volume and the screen is never truly "bright".