I got it on sale on Prime Day, so to go with it I bought a 16GB ram kit and a 240GB SSD hard drive.  Without those upgrades it would probably be ok for office tasks and minimal web browsing.  For the price and even after upgrading the ram and hard drive I think it's well worth it for the money.  You can step up in price for the laptop but will not have that much ram.  The NVMe drive seems quick and now that I have the additional hard drive I don't have to worry about space.  The install of parts wasn't to bad.  Take out all the screws on the bottom, peal apart and install parts.  Separating the bottom was a little difficult, very well fit, so if you're hesitant in computer work, ask for help.  It took some finesse.  It almost feels like you'll break something so just go slow.  Back to the laptop.The screen is very good.  No problems with brightness and angles.  The speakers are ok, but then again this is a cheap laptop.  They're definitely better than some others I had but just keep a set of earbuds with it and you'll be fine.  Plus no one wants to listen to what you want, so just plug in for everyone's sake.  The battery life is ok.  I might be able to get about 6 hours out of it.  Haven't done a full test yet, only have used it for about 2 hours at a time.  Just over 2 hours of online use is dropping it to about 60%.The keyboard is pretty good.  Types pretty well.  The numpad is a little small but for the size of the laptop it's to be expected.  I would rather have it than not.  I do like the backlight.  Yes it times out after a couple of seconds.  But it does not turn off while you are using it.  It times out to conserve the battery.  I saw complaints about that but why would you want the backlight to stay on even when you're not tying?  Just doesn't make any sense.  I think it's fine.  Touchpad seems fine, but at this price point I didn't expect greatness.  I usually use a mouse anyway.  All in all I think this is a great deal especially is you upgrade the parts.  Lightweight, looks good, works good, and all my friends ask how it's so good at a good price.