I bought this laptop before I went to university because it looks pretty. I know. I shouldn't have. I always saw DELL as being a highly rated company and assumed everything would be of amazing quality. And when I first got it I did love it, it made me extremely happy. But after 8 months the battery died. Fully packed in. I am not a person who can afford to replace a battery and so whenever I want to use the laptop I have to plug it into a wall, which means it is not so portable. It's also quite heavy and bulky so I do use it as more of a home PC than an actual laptop. The only useful thing about that is that it doesn't take up as much space and is easier to move from home to university. I've also had problems connecting to the internet on it and the DELL logo on the front has been chipped, spoiling it's beauty. Everything considered, I wouldn't buy a DELL again.