I'd like to say this upfront: I have quite a few little nitpicks about this computer, but almost all of them are caused by Windows 10, not the computer itself. I never used Windows 8 and came straight from 7 to this operating system so I can't make any comparisons between 8 and 10, but I will say that 7 seemed just a little more user friendly and customizable. If you're considering buying this computer or any other with Windows 10, just know that one of the first things you're going to have to do is adjust the mouse settings so that it doesn't fly across the screen at the lightest flick of your finger, because it is MADDENINGLY jittery when you first turn it on. Now... I'm a student and I also use this computer to draw with my Intuous tablet, and I have to say I couldn't be happier with this computer. The flex capability does wonders for me when it comes to conserving desk space while I'm drawing because my tablet does take up about as much space as a keyboard, which led to my computer being too far away to properly see when I was using my old computer. With this one though, I can put it in tent mode (side with webcam and side with mouse buttons touching the desk with screen facing outward) and the screen will automatically flip to the correct orientation. This saves me loads of space and brings the screen much closer so that I can see it better. The display is lovely and bright, and it's fairly light despite its large screen. I'm not one to take notes in class on a laptop, but it would definitely be light enough for me to carry around if that's something I wanted to do in the future. Overall, I'm really happy with my choice (so happy in fact that I made a Best Buy account JUST to review this computer). When dealing with the beast that is Windows 10: - When booting the computer for the first time, don't use the recommended settings. There are quite a few things you can turn on and off, and the majority are things that you don't need, like having your location on all the time. It'll waste your battery and possibly make your computer run slower in the future, so best to turn that one off. - Change the mouse settings. I repeat: change the mouse settings. The mouse starts out blindingly fast and it jumps all over the place while you try to click on anything. If you don't know how to do this, just click the search bar on the bottom of your screen and search "mouse," it'll be the top option. First think you wanna do, change the touchpad delay to a long delay. It'll calm your mouse down a lot. Then in advanced settings under the pointer options tab, slow your pointer speed down until it feels comfortable to use. - If you don't like the search bar taking up half the taskbar on the bottom of your screen, you can right click on the taskbar and go to properties, then check the box for use small taskbar buttons. - The touchscreen capabilities are pretty cool, but they're not quite as user-friendly as you'd hope. I'd recommend only using tablet mode if you know you're gonna be in the same application for a long time and not switching between stuff. Also just a personal nitpick, when I have my drawing tablet plugged in and I'm in tablet mode, it won't display the tablet mode keyboard even when I touch the screen with my fingers. Not sure what this is about, but it is pretty frustrating since tablet mode also seems to turn off my drawing tablet's popup keyboard, leaving me with no way (as far as I can tell) to type while my computer is in tablet mode. Just be wary. In summary because this turned out to be longer than I expected: - The computer is great! I love its flex feature, it's everything I ever wanted it to be and it works great for me as a digital artist. - Windows 10 is a little goofy and is more or less the source of my handful of small problems with this computer. Follow the steps above to help alleviate a lot of those problems. - As cool as the tablet mode is, regular laptop mode is still superior, but this is still probably Windows 10's fault. If you're having a problem with something, just flip it back to laptop mode and it should work better. Hope this was helpful for anyone not super experienced with computers looking to purchase this one, or any other one for that matter! I'm happy with my choice, but I think most of the stuff I wrote about here applies to any Windows 10 computer.