I bought this laptop both for school and casual gaming and I’m very pleased! I’ve always built my own desktops to spend less for better parts but needed a laptop for school. After looking at some in the $500-$700 range I found this one and after a look over and reading some reviews I decided to buy it. I managed to purchase the Nitro 5 9th gen for $600 + tax. (Sale) decided to get another 8gb of DDR4 and a 500gb M.2 for all my games. The storage that comes with the laptop is more than enough for school work especially with most files being in the cloud. I got a crucial 8GB DDR4 2666 SODIMM for ram and a WD Blue 3D Nano 500GB SSD (which I have installed but have yet to set up)With both of these upgrades the laptop runs great! Now that you know a little about what’s been done to the laptop and it’s intended use (in my case) let’s jump into some pros and cons after 3 weeks of use.Pros:•Good specs for the price•Easily upgraded•PLENTY of ports•Runs great•Full keyboard (takes some getting used to)•Not too heavy•Easy to use temperature/fan software•Good battery life when on power save•Good quality on the webcamCons:•The bottom of the screen is a little flimsy•While gaming the CPU runs 74°C-80°C which is a little hotter than I’d like but to be expected in a laptop•Does need to be plugged in for peak performance but the same goes for all/most laptops•Charge port is on the right side of laptop towards the middle which can be minor inconvenience when using a mouse•Not a huge fan of the red but beggars can’t be choosers and at least it was done well.•Took about a week to come in IIRC but no biggieAs you can see the cons are mostly just nitpicking little things I don’t particularly care for. That’s because overall I’m very happy with this device! There are just some minor things but not at deal breakers. I usually don’t bother with writing reviews this long but I know there are people in the position I was in a month ago. Love the laptop so far and don’t think you will regret your purchase! Unless you get a bad unit, which I can’t speak on because I got a good one. I’m sure ACER is more than willing to replace faulty units. Hope I was able to help with your decision! Best of luck in your laptop search! Will update with any issues or new findings.