I purchased this laptop locally on sale for $1250. Thus far I am impressed with it's capabilities. I bought an iPad Pro in the hopes that it would streamline my workflow for photo editing, but sadly it did not meet my expectations. I returned it toward this laptop and an quite happy.The I have been using it for a week and am happy with the performance. The touch-screen is not as good as a dedicated tablet, but it works well enough and I am happy I purchased a quality Bamboo pencil with the laptop as opposed to the over-hyped Apple Pencil.The fan is a little loud at times but it is running a dedicated graphics card as well as a latest generation processor, so it will generate some heat.The thing I am most disappointed thus far with is the lack of aftermarket support. I would love to see skins available for the laptop, as flipping it into tablet mode leaves the aluminum keyboard resting on sometimes not very kind surfaces, and the finish will quickly scratch. I guess we shall see with time how it holds up.4/5 stars for a quality product with room to improve.