Ill tell you what, Ive used a good many laptop in my day, being a programmer as well as a law student, and I think this one has been the best yet. I must give DELL kudos first of all. No company has ever given me better, more prompt service than DELL, and the best part is, Ive hardly ever needed it. I have certainly enjoyed this little laptop (its what Im writing on now). Another good feature of DELL computers id that they dont come with all the useless bell and whistle software that Compaqs or Hewlett-Packards and such do. Most of the install software companies send out as background apps only serve to use up valuable system resources, and Im glad DELL gives a good, sensible software package where the user can decide what to put on their own machine. Yeah, this laptop has been good to me.