I rather foolishly gave up my very capable Lenovo Thinkpad for a massive HP Omen when I committed to getting rid of my console gaming systems. And love my 17in Omen as I do, I'm damned if that thing is going to travel with me anywhere I need to get some kind of work done when on vacation. Most of my work is cloud based, so I don't need a whole mess of hardware to run what I do. I like Chromebooks, but I did miss the Microsoft ecosystem when I used them, I found. This little thing looks to be just the niche I needed. It's dead small; I carry it around with my iPad Pro for editing photos and videos, and together they almost vanish in a bag. The battery life is pretty spectacular for the work I do on the regular. I did try, just for fun, putting some Photoshop and Lightroom projects on it, just to see how it handled them; eh - better than I thought, but definitely wouldn't recommend. Maybe in a pinch, but I wouldn't lean too heavily on it. The track pad is nothing special. I did eventually concede and buy a wireless mouse to use with it whilst on vacation, but that's probably down to my impatience on certain things. It was definitely better than some trackpads I've used, but nothing like my old Lenovo...(moment of silence for Thinky) All in all, though, I would recommend this to anyone for whom a Chromebook is a viable solution, but doesn't always go where constant connectivity is possible, so local word processing is a must.BTW, I can't really speak to how the Vivobook runs and works in S mode, like it comes out of the gate. I needed some applications that the store doesn't supply, so I switched out of it almost immediately. But I don't doubt it would work just fine, if not even faster. But I never grew fond of Internet Explorer, or the newer browser, so S mode had to go.Even so, 5/5, would highly recommend - just know what you need it for, and if it can meet those requirements. With those in mind, this'll probably do you just fine 👍