Nearly stopped working after a windows update, however support was kind enough to give a fresh OS install and online support. That counts for a lot these days; I've gone through dozens of high-end Lenovo laptops and never got so much as a response. For scientific (Matlab, python coding)/ academic (writing & simple figures in Illustrator) work, I'd value this over more expensive models. If you are patient and can work with Windows home, (I detest updates & just everything microsoft nowadays) this can get you through a PhD in Geophysics, just slowly. May try installing a dual boot to Linux.