I bought this about 14 months ago as a refurb. I was nervous about buying a refurb but trusted the reviews, and I'm glad I did. Fantastic deal and a very worthy laptop. Don't expect some lightweight thing because it's a tank - which is exactly why I bought it. It's not what I'd call 'portable'.  I mean, it IS, of course, but I wouldn't want to carry it around much. It gets heavy (and hot) if you actually sit it on your lap so I have been using a lap desk, but it makes a fantastic home computer. Powerful, great memory, nice big keyboard. Battery life is fair, but I don't ever take it anywhere, so when it runs down I can just plug in.