It's a good laptop as noted above. I just replaced mine with a Toshiba though and recommend a Toshiba or Asus over it, but it does depend on what you are going to be using it for. I liked mine for portability's sake, but now having the Toshiba, I realize that I don't like the short cords (that is, on the Sonys) or how quickly it would overheat (just how I used it). I have owned two Vaio laptops in my life and I'll say they are good, but don't buy them just on name alone. Besides, with the money you save on spending less, you can afford to upgrade an already decent (and at times better) laptop to even better.