Very good user reviews on Amazon Sufficient processing power for multi-tasking, internet, music, movies, productivity(Word, Spreadsheets, etc), basic photo and video editing Large amount of memory sufficient for memory intensive applications Uses conventional harddrive. Higer power consumption, lower shock resistance and longer startup time compared to solid state drive(SSD). Battery life is unknown. 15.6" screen provides good tradeoff between desktop replacement and portability Weight of 5.1 lbs is typical for this screen size Built in CD/DVD drive; allows watching movies and software installation from CD/DVD Integrated webcam for video chatting Processing power may not be sufficient for computation intensive tasks such as simultaneous editing of large number of photos and videos, virtualization software(parallels), file and harddrive encryption, etc |