Best bang for your buck. It is in harmony in terms of performance and portability. A product for professionals on the go or at their desk. A platform that meets my expectations and beyond. With the ability to upgrade this machine, I see my self using it for at least five to six years. Do not compare this with Mac books they are a different platform and on a windows platform I find this notebook to be perfect for everyday usage. I use it for programming, video editing, entertainment and conference calls. I would suggest to buy a cooler for it for task that require heavy CPU and GPU usage so it doesn’t get too noisy. Trade offs are part of every design and for this machine I can’t find any thing bad to say consider the power it packs. Screen quality is excellent, touch screen works perfectly, battery life is about 3 to 4 hours with heavy usage. No touch pad issue or audio issue for my machine. I recommend to update driver from dell website before you start using it.