I’ve been using this lapi since 6 years. And believe me without some minor problems it has been giving me very good performance till date. Having 2 GB RAM it can challenge any other hp i3 products by its performance. sound is far good than any other lapi under this price.Though the battery backup is not that good as compared to other hp i3 laptops. But the price is worthy in terms of its longevity. For the official uses I strongly recommend you this. But as the graphics quality is not good, you can’t play high graphics games. It is all about your requirements and obviously budget.