If ny laptop hadn't briken down, I nay not have thought of these machines. But it did, so in addition to a bew laptop I looked for mini-PC's abd discocered this obe. I was circumspect at first as I was a laptop only person of late and wasn't sure about the fan-less feature. So I ordered a $400 version with a smaller hard drive first and the experience was like 1-2-3 and you are working. So I ordered this one with a 512 GB solid-state HD for $500, and they completely replicated my experience. I now have one each in my home and office, primarily use the cloud and a mini-S drive to go back and forth (don't even carry my laptop back and forth). I have had my machines for a couple of months almost, and so far great.