I bought this computer back in January (it is now May), I waited so long to write the review because I wanted to get really used to the laptop - that way I can give an actual review over how good or bad this laptop really is. I don't have that many complaints! This laptop is absolutely amazing and I'm extremely glad that I bought it. With that being said, I bought it when it was on sale for only $800, and honestly, I don't think I would spend the $1,000 on this laptop. It's great, yes, but not worth that much money because of the small issues I've had. *Note: The laptop is $1,000 with intel core 7 (i7), the i5 was only $800 but I would recommend getting the higher intel core* PROS: 1) The graphics are astonishing. They make my Sims games look beyond amazing. 2) It has a TON of space! I have all of the Sims 2, 3, and 4 games and I have downloaded them all to this laptop and it's not even close to 1/4 (a quarter) of the way into the space available bar. This is extremely handy for school work - or if you have a job that requires you to have a lot of stuff downloaded onto your own personal computer. 3) The light up keyboard. I've always had laptops that had this feature and I didn't know that it was a feature that most laptops don't have. Unlike my older laptops, this one gives you the option to turn it on and off whenever. I've only needed it once but it really lit up the keyboard really well, and I like that it's not always on. 4) GREAT battery life. This last semester I got really unlucky with classes and I was on campus from 8am until 6pm and the laptop was on around 35% by the time I got home - and that's with using it in every class and most of the time in between classes too. My other laptop would have died out way before then, so the battery life is amazing on this laptop. CONS: 1) My laptop, not sure if others have this problem, will just randomly click off of what I'm doing. For example, I'll be typing up a research report or a paper for my classes and it'll randomly click off the screen while I'm in the middle of typing like I hit something that wasn't on Microsoft Word (like the toolbar at the bottom of the screen) and it'll make that noise. It does it with everything though, and only while I'm typing 2) Num Lock automatically turns itself off every time the laptop is closed. It doesn't matter whether the laptop is just on sleep or completely shut down, the num lock automatically turns off. Having to push the key every time you want to log back in (I log in with a pin number) is just a small annoying thing. 3) No CD rom/drive. Another annoyance, but there aren't any laptops out nowadays that still have a CD rom/drive in it. Luckily, I had a CD thing that you plug into your computer from my old laptop in order to download my games on here - or for the rare occasion that I do watch a movie on my laptop. Other than those two things, I have no problems with the laptop. It's really great and I'm very glad that I purchased it. The cons are just small things that annoy me because that's literally the only problem I have with the computer. The pros list could go on and on but I picked the four that I think are the best. I did read the reviews before I bought this, and the people that gave it below 5 stars had nothing to do with the laptop, and honestly, shouldn't even be on the reviews because they were absolutely no help. *Another note: I have more photos that I wanted to upload of the laptop but for some reason I can only do 2 so I chose the best two. I wanted to upload photos because I noticed that no one else did* Hope my review helps!