I just got this set up, so the only thing I can rate is the appearance and the setup.  Very nice looking box, no instructions with it.  I had my own wireless keyboard and mouse; if you're planning to use the wired ones that come with it, they are small and cheap.  There is a port on the front that I have no idea what fits in there, but okay.  Odd that it comes with a DVD drive, I thought that was pretty old-school.  Two HDMI outputs for monitors; I had an old monitor so I had to get an "HDMI to DVI" cable, no biggie, works great.Don't give up on the setup program - my son said his Acer took like 15 attempts to get past some glitches when he set his up the first time as well.  Maybe you'll be lucky and everything will work flawlessly on the first try, who knows.  I wouldn't "not" by the machine just because I knew the setup was going to be glitchy and possibly require 5 to 10 re-starts.  I just wish I would have known that first - which is why I'm writing this.So, the first time you plug it in, "Cortana" walks you through the setup and it doesn't work correctly.  You end up going through the setup and getting to a place that it just freezes or won't accept your input and you have to restart over.  You call the online helpdesk and sit on hold for a while and you keep trying.  Ultimately, while you are still on hold, the computer gets past the problem that you were having and, ironically, the help line disconnects you (spooky).  But then it comes to another place where your mouse is working, but the dropdown menus don't work and you figure out that you can scroll through the security questions using the arrows on your keyboard, then the computer restarts.  Ultimately, after about 40minutes for a set up that should have taken 5 minutes, you get past the Cortana setup and it launches the Microsoft Windows and all is right with the world.  Frustrating, but then it's all good.It load Microsoft Edge.  I downloaded Google Chrome because it's what I'm used to.  Maybe when I have some free time, I'll check out more on Edge.Now that I got past the set-up, the computer moves fast, handles my music software (Ableton Live) and appears to be in great working order.  A great machine for the money!!  I will update this review if I have any problems in the coming days and weeks.