This laptop is a workhorse. Need I say more?Okay, okay, it's not as good as a high-end laptop released in modern times with better specs and whatnot, but hear me out: this just works, though it's way better than I ever expected. Initially, I thought it would be a little bit slow since I've had a fair share of experiences trying to play games on some of my laptops (trust me, they weren't that great, especially when playing older titles on Windows), but it's VERY fast. Like, insanely fast for the things I do even on the go, like file transferring, gaming, and multitasking. Still not as fast as my main gaming PC (which has an i7-2600, GTX 1050 Ti, and 32 GB RAM), but it's very useable and the performance is more than tolerable for my needs. Battery life is also very good as well, so long as you use ThrottleStop to undervolt the CPU since it consumes a lot of power for absolutely nothingA couple of warnings: My Technology Geeks (the seller of this product) has paired 3 parts that have a tendency to fail; specifically, the touchpad buttons, memory, and SSD; so please replace those if you can. Two things I highly recommend replacing are the RAM and the SSDI recommend purchasing a Corsair Vengeance DDR4/DDR4L 2x8GB or 2x16GB 2400MHz kit, since they offer really good memory performance, especially for gaming. For the SSD, I strongly, and I mean STRONGLY suggest getting a Crucial M.2 NVMe SSD (I use the P3 Plus, but you can get better models). Crucial is extremely reliable and their SSDs work flawlessly for any configuration; you don't even have to think twice about getting one of those, ever. Meanwhile the M.2 NGFF SSD that originally came with this laptop (which was suspiciously unbranded) died after a month of use, so it's safe to say it's not reliable. Thankfully there are a lot of guides out there to disassemble this laptop and replace the parts in it, and it's very serviceable so repair is frustration-freeBesides, I primarily use this for gaming and editing (specifically audio and image editing), and it doesn't even catch a single drop of sweat. Well, okay, maybe it does sometimes, but that's probably due to Windows being a broken and bloated piece of mess; thankfully, I already modified my install to the point where a whole lot of the bloat, telemetry, and massive system resources have been minimized to a minimum. This thing is very, VERY snappy and instantaneous, especially when you're just doing basic tasks or playing games (either on Windows or Linux). Sometimes the games I play load almost instantly; sometimes even less than a second, which is absolutely crazy to me. It's very ridiculous that my games load THIS fast, but I don't really mind it at all. Nonetheless, I actually love it, and I'm still satisfied anywaysTLDR: It's really good for basic tasks and gaming on the go, so long as you play older titles with mixed settings since the iGPU on this is not too great. For the best experience, please optimize your Windows install as well as your BIOS settings, and ThrottleStop + a few tools that you can find on Google yourself if you have the patience to. Plus the laptop is extremely simple to disassemble, and it only takes a tool or two to tear it apart. Just PLEASE replace the SSD, RAM, and touchpad buttons if you can, since these parts have a tendency to fail. Overall, I highly recommend this laptop to ANYONE5/5 (did not rate the touchscreen part because I do not use it)