As notebook for easy use best Suited. Win8 is better than I thought, but the apps are m. E. unnecessary in a laptop without Touchscrean. Nevertheless, the conversion of Sony Vario with Windows XP was on this laptop easier than I thought. For a 250 (offer) laptop that lets you create only text documents, looking on the Internet or want to watch movies a clear recommendation. If you want more, should resort to höherwetiger hardware usd software. For my purposes it is ausreichnd fast and does what he should. Display and workmanship are good. What bothers me in retrospect, is the missing DVD drive.