We bought this for Christmas as 'other kids' have a chromebook. We needed a new laptop for him anyway. My choice was a windows box. He said the kids are all using chromebooks. The school gave them an email id and group where they are limited on what google apps they can install in addition to docs, sheets, drive and slides. The Acer is a laptop for about $200 that needs a network and uses everything from the cloud and stores everything in the cloud. I had an issue that caused me to wipe it clean. Other than downloading a new background image, I only had to login to see everything again. No virus checker needed either. I have to admit, I am impressed with the ease of use. If only it had a trackpoint... But we added and external wireless mouse. So far so good. We finished a science fair project using all online software. No need for ms office either.