I'm extremely happy with this device. I love having an SSD because it just runs so fast and quiet. At $400, it's a great model. Some people have complained about the screen brightness, but at least for me, it's not at all an issue.Note that I just wanted a basic model to run with Linux, and it works great right out of the box (no wifi issues, recognizes backlit keyboard, every peripheral works). You'll want to turn off secure boot and change SATA to AHCI, and you'll want to optimize Linux for an SSD drive. It's a great Linux machine.