This was bought to replace a laptop used for school work that got a glass of water dumped on the keyboard. In terms of components this uses a NVMe technology SSD and much faster processor than many you will find sitting next to it on the store shelves - leading to good quick performance for school work. It is not a gaming laptop. Mechanically the chassis is very sound, and the speakers have 3-4 inch perforated grills on either side producing sound that is pretty good by laptop standards. I am not convinced of the durability of the webcam privacy shield.It can be powered both from a dedicated charger or over the USB C port, opening the possibility for single cable docking to a larger monitor, keyboard and mouse.The only thing I was looking that is missing from this design is more RAM.  4 Gbytes will perform the intended task adequately, but 8 Gbytes would have "future proofed" the design and would be well worth the few $$ extra it would take to design in.  On the other hand we have a large stack of laptops that have been dropped, stepped on, sat on, and drenched after an average of about 1.5 years usage.  Hopefully this one will last 2 years before being added to the stack.