As far as appearance goes this is stunning no scratches or anything else. Using it on the other hand is a different story, I'm new to macOS so I don't have much to say about it, the speakers are amazing, but using the laptop for causal browsing (using Chrome) it gets HOT like I have to use a pillow to keep it from burning my lap, charging it while using it makes it even hotter for some reason; battery life is bad as well I get like 3 - 4 hours using it a far cry from 9 hours I expected, my iPad Air last can last 10 hours on a single charge (depends what I'm doing)!Maybe I need more time to mess around with this laptop but as of right now if it weren't for it getting hot and it's poor battery life I would've recommended this.