So I ordered this Acer and I ordered a Asus to compare. Both about the same price and both in windows S-mode.  I'm only commenting on 2 things.  Between the Asus & Acer, setting up the thing was less stressful with the Asus with far less questions and monopoly from Microsoft.  Setting up the Acer took much longer and was forced to set up with a Microsoft account which can be changed later.  2nd thing, going through the process to get OUT of S-mode/Microsoft control was much easier on the Asus then the Acer. I'm not going to lie it was bordering brutal to get out of the S-mode on this Acer. And a comment on my favorite feature which is why I wanted to compare the Asus v/s the Acer was for the backlit keyboard on these cheaper laptops.  Again the Asus tops the Acer. The Asus backlit keyboard stays on longer, comes on if you tap the touchpad or move the mouse if you use a mouse.  The Acer (this Model) goes off quick and will not come on if you touch the touchpad, will not come on if you move the mouse and this model does not have a setting to set preferences for the keyboard timeout. So for me YES I would order the Asus again but would not order the Acer again. Oh and for anyone wondering about speaker volume? Both the Asus and the Acer were horrible! turn the sound up to 100 and couldn't hear either one of them. Had to plug in extra speakers for both!