I also received in a separate order a portable monitor as well as a portable size keyboard.  I have had the blue screen of death a couple of times in the past and I've always tried to have a back up so that I am not without a computer.  At my age, I recall not having a computer at all, but today, it would be hard for me to get through the day without working on my laptop.  This little desktop computer is perfect for me - it is small and easily stored so that I don't have to have a desk set up with a full-size tower, monitor, keyboard/mouse sitting on it.  I have a storage ottoman next to my couch that this computer, the monitor and keyboard/mouse and they are stored in it.  I had no trouble getting it up and running after unboxing it, set up what I normally use as well as syncing Opera and Google browser info.  What I have been doing is about every 3 days I pull this small computer out, fire it up and ensure that any updates have been made, I work on it for about 30 minutes and then shut it down and store it in the ottoman.  This nice little computer is perfect for me - gives me peace of mind and is readily available should my laptop suffer the blue screen of death!