I needed a new laptop for gaming, streaming, etc. I went with HP because my old HP laptop is 6 years old and still works fairly well and that impressed me that I was getting something new that would last awhile. But, as always happens, it had become frustratingly technically out-of-date for running some games and was also very slow due to low free memory. This new model is tons more powerful and triple the memory. I have yet to find a game I was unable to play on it and watching videos/streams is mostly without flaw. Battery life is not great, I would imagine because of the amount of energy it needs to be as cool as it is. This was not a deal-breaker for me because I really wasn't getting it for portable use anyway, so mine is always plugged in. 2 relatively minor issues I've had should be noted: The keyboard is backlit but this model turns off the backlighting after about 10 seconds of you not typing. As far as I'm concerned that defeats the purpose of the feature in that it doesn't remain constantly lit in the dark. There are no BIOS or other setting options to change this so it's a little annoying. Secondly, there seems to be a slight problem with the volume when watching movies off of streaming sites like Amazon Prime Video and NetFlix. At MAXIMUM speaker volume and MAXIMUM stream volume, the sound is acceptable but you can't get it any higher than an average output. It does NOT, however, have this problem when playing games, so I dunno what's up with that. I contacted HP about it, but they've never gotten back to me on it. I've found it to be a pretty minor annoyance though as if needs be I can still use my old laptop if I need to watch something at a louder volume. All in all, I'm pretty happy with this model, though I'll update this review if anything new, good or bad, comes up with it. I decided to wait 3 months of using it before offering my opinion, and there you have it. ;)