Docking and undocking my work PC is a PITA, it never recovers correctly so I often have to reboot, and it's a little bulky. I was going to go with a iPad or similar to have portablility back for meetings and such but didn't want to drop the cash and also wanted something with more of a keyboard. After looking around I decided I wanted to try a chromebook with 4Gb/32Gb combo for $200 or less. I couldn't find that anywhere and most models were 768 resolution,I was about to give up on chromebooks. Then this guy showed up with ram and storage I was looking for, 1080 screen and aluminum slim chassis was a huge plus in my opinion which convinced me to bump my budget $50. I was looking at Dells offerings and they were thick plastic, to get what I wanted kept pushing me to $300+ plus range, and had trouble finding a screen better than 768. The Acer was a no brainer for me. When I unboxed it, I noticed it had more bulk than I was expecting, nothing terrible, weight seems to be toward the hinge, must be where the battery is located. The aluminum is cold to the skin at first touch, but much better conductor for cooling I would imagine than plastic. I am a guy with no patience for slow PCs so I was leary about what I was getting myself into with a chrome book. It is surprisingly quick to boot and sleep/awaken, something Windows still struggles with. Google play store has all the apps I use in Windows and I have only had for a few days so I am still honeymooning with it but so far I like it a lot. I spent quite some time streaming Youtube with its first full charge and I had at least a full 8 hours out of it, I would suspect if I was just browsing and didn't have the display cranked I could have gotten more. I was also impressed with the sound quality that it had while watching videos. I have a strange new obsession watching train crossings live on youtube lately and the trains look clear and the horns sounded authentic, I had to turn it down so I didn't anger the wife watching TV. The display is crisp and has a wide viewing angle, it doesn't have that funky LCD color fade if the screen is tilted the wrong direction slightly and is somewhat matte to reduce glare. The keyboard has shallow keys that take a little getting used to and the mouse pad takes a little more pressure than I think it should need to click so sometimes I need to take an extra half second to realize I need to push harder. I have converted to tapping the pad instead of clicking because it easier, right clicking is accomplished with using a two finger tap. Only thing I really wish it had was illuminated keyboard, but that can be remedied with a USB light for $10 which will likely affect battery life, it's kind of cheesy solution but for the price point I think I am asking a lot. I have recommended this to people I know and I would also to you, I don't think you will find anything better than this for the price today. Just remember it is a Chromebook and not a full PC it has some limitations but I have been impressed with its performance. I loaded Hearthstone just to see how it would run, it had long load times but once I was into the game the motion was fluid, the audio clear and I began to forget I was on a chromebook. I have an Alienware 15r2 at home, comparing the two I was impressed that the chromebook was able to keep up. Certainly it had lower frame rates, less visual effects and much longer load times, but the game was still good looking, smooth and playable. I wouldn't run anything crazy on this but for what it is I was impressed. If you are on the fence, give a shot, I think you'll like it. (images taken with iPhone of screen in dark room, looks better in person)