I bought this as a replacement for my son's HP laptop which finally died after 4 years of use. He has had this one for 5 months now, and as of last night, it is a paper weight. the power cord is no longer making contact (or is possibly shorting out internally as I have found several other cases online). in addition to this, the one hinge point has cracked, and it has lost 2 keys off of the keyboard. Now I realize that he has not taken the best care of this laptop, but he has not significantly abused it worse than the old HP, so I am really disappointed in how this laptop has held up.This would be a great laptop to set on top of your desk and never move.... but then if you are going to do that, why not buy a desktop computer????