Wow!!! what a laptop, whatever you want to use a laptop for this will do it, and more! the centrino 2 processors are great, smooth, quiet and very responsive, the 6GB memory has no lag what so ever! seamless transitions from program to program. 500GB hard drive is plentyful for this machine. The GeForce graphics in this laptop are a very high standard for a laptop, the difference it makes is remarkable, the quality of pictures and movies is quite special. It runs Vista Home Premium very easily, it would benefit from a Windows 7 upgrade (like all vista machines) but the performance is still second to non. It has all the usual devices, wireless, bluetooth, ethernet and card reader. The last big feature is the superb sound that this laptop has. the quality of the bass is incredible, it sounds nothing like the normal tinny sound we're used to getting from laptops. This system is worth every penny!