This computer is da bomb! It is much better than my old Surface Pro 7, I3, 4gb, 128gb, 1.2. A 15" screen is much larger than a 12.4" screen, but it is still portable. The 15" screen allows for split-screen viewing. Plus, I also still have my Surface Pro 7, which I expect will die soon, and a Remarkable as well as a mini-PC and a Kindle, so I don't need for this computer to be highly portable, just convenient. It is my all-around computer, whereas I use my Remarkable just for writing poetry. The Kindle, for reading. (Those last two allows for better focus on a single task.)This computer is solidly built, more so than the Surface Pro. The external parts are metal and glass. The touch on the keyboard is soft, and the keys seem a little more sensitive than the detachable Surface keyboard. The keys are backlit.I would have liked a black model, but actually I'm happy to have the silver, because I tend to work in low light conditions. I can see this computer.It is fast, and the increased RAM should make keeping 12 tabs open, which I do tend to do while researching, less taxing on the computer. Although the SSD can be replaced, I like having cloud storage. It was easy for me to setup this computer, because as soon as I logged into my OneDrive account, all of my files were downloaded to this computer.  I had to download the software files to it, though. My point: The size of the SSD, or hard drive, doesn't mean much to me.I also wanted my Surface Pen to still be useful. This Surface Laptop allows me to write on the screen. I discovered that doing so is useful when you need to sign documents, although I am also an artist.