I bought this thing about 2 years ago, and very rarely use my others (I have 3 always-running boxes in my basement office, which I run from this one from upstairs). The price was excellent (about $425 IIRC), and it is the first laptop I have ever owned that I have done *nothing* to (usually have to add RAM, or a bigger hdd) I LOVE this box. I work out on the deck, or in the living room on the couch, or from my LazyBoy, which is 100x better than being stuck in my office chair.
Would recommend a very sturdy backup tho, as laptops are not as durable, and do die a cruel death when they go, as a normal course of things...
Great point, roamer_1.
Both my wife and I have had the extended warranty, extra insurance and next-day onsite service for four years on each of our systems. That way, even if you spilled coffee in the system, it’s covered without a fuss. After that ended on the older system, I just bought a spare off Ebay to swap my drive into, instead.
You do need an external backup device that you regularly backup to. I would suggest one that uses a high-speed interface like e-SATA over USB 2.0, and for software (eSATA can transfer at least 50% faster from your system to the hard drive), it’s hard to go wrong with Acronis Drive Image.
Hope this helps.