I bought this to be a backup for my newer desktop computer, and am pleasantly surprised that it's almost as powerful (I run programs that do a lot of crunching, so always benchmark).  Mine came with a DVD-ROM drive, and I sent the company an email mildly complaining they'd advertised a DVD-RW drive.  They responded immediately and offered to send a replacement RW drive, which came a few days later.  Color me happy.