I got this computer because my old laptop died. I'm a multi-genre author and freelance journalist in addition to my job as a full time contract appeals writer & analyst- so I spend a LOT of time on a computer. I should have gotten the other computer that I was looking at that included the year's worth of Office 365. Aside from some major differences in the key board itself, everything defaults to saving on your google drive instead of a hard drive, and having automatic security updates. I liked being able to add apps like my phone does, however it doesn't seem that the Microsoft Word is as robust as the regular Word that I had on my other computer , such as the Thesaurus! There are apps in the Google store that you can download for editing, which I'm trying out now. Not having a regular menu to find your apps/programs as well is a bit labor intensive as well. So far, it has done alright as far as response time when viewing videos, etc. All in all, it's like having your phone as your computer ---- good in some respects, not good in others.