First, I would like to say to ignore the negative reviews from the people who are saying that you can not switch this laptop out of Windows 10 S Mode. You can indeed switch this laptop out of Windows 10 S Mode IF you follow the correct instructions on the website. It will bring you to a page in the Microsoft Store where it will say to get Windows 10 Home. It will NOT ask you to purchase Windows 10 Home.Now that that is out of the way, on to the review of this laptop. After fighting with a Chromebook with Microsoft Office I decided that I needed a cheap windows laptop that way I would be able to type on the actual desktop version of Word.This first thing I would like to mention is the amazing screen quality for the cost of this computer. When you are watching Hulu, YouTube, Netflix, or any other streaming services the screen is clear and the picture is beautiful.The ability to have a backlit keyboard on a budget laptop is an excellent edition and is extremely helpful for using the laptop in a darkly lit room. The keyboard is also fairly nice to type on. I am someone who does a lot of typing and I have no issues at all with the keyboard.The variety of ports, especially nowadays, is an nice touch. Try going dongle free with a high end computer such as a MacBook. This laptop comes with two USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port, an HDMI port, an Ethernet port, and a headphone jack. I will say that if you do need USB C or you need an SD card reader then you would need a dongle for that but if you are like me and use neither then you are good to go dongle free.The ability to upgrade both the RAM and the storage is an excellent edition. I would highly recommend bumping up the RAM to at least 8GBs as this would allow the computer to run just a little more smoothly. An extra 4GBs of RAM is not expensive (only around $20).This laptop doesn't have a touch screen so if you need a touch screen you may need to look at other options, though I personally think a touch screen in a laptop is pointless.I can say that, though you won't be running high end AAA games at a high resolution or high graphics, you can get certain games to run quite well on the laptop. I can run Sims 4 at the highest graphics settings without any issues and this computer is great as a secondary laptop if you do have a primary desktop PC for gaming. Steam streaming works well with it.The only downside that I have found with this laptop is the battery life, which can get fairly poor depending on what you are doing. This doesn't really affect me too much as I am usually near a power outlet when I need it.I can't really tell you too much about how it would do with photo editing or with video editing as I don't really do that sort of thing but if you need a computer for school work, web browsing, writing, media consumption then this computer is really all that you need.