I have had somewhat mixed feelings about Dell computers in the past, having owned them and also serviced them while working for a Web Hosting company. I bought this system for my wife and was actually quite surprised by its very decent performance coupled with the fact that they seem to be putting less bloat wear in their systems than in the past. Its not for gaming and other high end processing needs, but it serves very nicely as a everyday home computer that will full fill almost all other needs.