The notebook is great, pretty fast. Recently, I have an SDD for which there is an extra slot, thus the hard disk remain installed. Maybe today I would buy the newer model with an i7 processor. But there is one big drawback !!! For Windows 8 is not available for all hardware components drivers. Bluetooth does not work on Windows 8, Windows 7, it still worked. The sound card with built-in speakers had under Windows 7 a great sound. For Windows 8, there is no driver, only the standard Windows 8 drivers, so the music sounds really flat, dull, stupid. Too bad, this time the notebook is just one year old and was sold 8 Update option with Windows.