I bought this laptop with some confidence as I had already had a happy experience with Bsckmarket buying a phone. I arrived quickly after only a couple of days, adequately packaged. I was aftersomething with a bit of umph as I do the occasional daw, photo and video editing projects and had also been frustrated with how quickly my old laptop had slowed down. On the downside the touchpad is clearly well used, a bit grubby and I found it difficult to adapt to. But there were far more upsides... A nice quick start-up (that I had forgotten was possible) and all the high specs that were promised. There were bonuses too that I had not expected, as they were over and above what had been specified: Touch screen, back-lit keyboard and Windows 11 profesional pre-. The latter means I get to run some old program licences I am still fond of in compatibility mode. The battery life seems decent and after buying and testing some extra peripherals and adaptors (external DVD drive with old USB ports and an HDMI adaptor) and testing them, everything seems to be working well. Only time will tell if the lifespan will be what I hope, but a couple of weeks in, I am very happy with the purchase.