Needed it for heavy graphics use and it worked well for a few months. Then the trouble started: random blue screen of death, overheating.
The overheating eventually led to it never working on battery and always needed to be plugged in to work.
But I got another one to work on and this became a recreational laptop. Replaced the batter, upgraded the OS and got eh graphics card physically shorted from a computer guy. Never faced an issue after that. Still use it, although infrequently, and it never gives any issue. Planning to upgrade to windows 10 soon and I know it can take the upgrades well.
Hardware is good. Never faced an issue with the screen, HD, keyboard or touchpad.