I had read most of the reviews before buying. First thing I did was add 16GB ram  so now have 20GB ram and then added a 500GB SSD with the provided hardware. Now I'm a very happy camper this laptop is very fast starting in less than 15 sec.  I have no complaints so far and really like  the backlit key board battery life could be a little better. But for money a very good laptop for the money.