By far the nicest feature of this laptop is it's portability.  It's *extremely* light compared to other similarly-sized laptops I've used.  The keyboard is decent and has good key size/spacing so you can do normal typing without feeling like you need to compensate for the size of the keyboard.  Performance is adequate for most everyday tasks; surfing the web and reading/answering emails.The only negatives are the screen and touchpad.  The screen is just "ok."  It doesn't seem to have great contrast even when adjusted using the Intel Graphics app for this hardware.  The display is also just not quite as crisp as other laptops I've used.By far the biggest negative is the touchpad.  It seems to randomly stop tracking when you move the mouse around the screen or try to scroll using two fingers.  Sometimes it works fine, but intermittently (enough to be annoying at every usage), it stops responding, then starts up again a second later.  I've read many discussion boards and it seems this is a known issue with ASUS touchpads.  All Windows updates are being automatically installed and it says it's up to date.  I tried uninstalling/reinstalling drivers (including the ASUS Smart Gestures app),  changing the Windows settings for the touchpad by setting it to maximum sensitivity but the problem persists.  It's not quite bad enough to suffer the restocking fee and return it, but it really does need to be corrected by ASUS.  I have no idea if it's a hardware or software issue.I would say overall it's a decent laptop, but if I were doing it over again, I'd probably look elsewhere primarily due to the annoyance of the touchpad.