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I have worked in IT for over 15 years and have seen my share of laptops. I have always been a fan of Dell systems so I pulled the trigger and ordered this system in the Core i5 / 8 GB RAM / 1 TB HD / Non-Touch variety. As always with Amazon, it arrived in two days via UPS. I promptly unpacked it and powered it up. I was greeted with the normal Windows 10 welcome screen and selected my time zone and other pertinent settings. Personally, I chose customize and disabled all privacy related settings. This can also be done after the system is setup and is entirely up to the user. I was pleased to see that the latest Windows 10 Build 1511 was installed on this system which saved me quite some time. After the system finished the initial setup and asked me to login with a Microsoft Account, I chose to skip that and use a local account instead. Once the desktop screen loaded I allowed a few moments for everything to get loaded properly on the system. I then clicked the Start menu and went into settings, chose Updates and Security and clicked Check for Updates. This is important to do upon initial boot to make sure you get all the latest updates. There was a batch of updates that installed and the system rebooted and I was all set! The build quality of this system was very nice. I like the matte feel of the casing and the keyboard felt comfortable to type on. I read through some of the reviews on Amazon and was a little concerned with the feel of the keyboard, but overall I was impressed. The system I purchased was well configured running an Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM and a 1 TB hard drive. Windows 10 has lots of optimization and performance enhancements so a configuration like this should run very well and it did. The screen size at 15.6" was perfect for my needs, and touch was not necessary for me. Everyone's situation is different so purchase based on your needs, but I can tell you that the quality of this system is in line with the price point. This is a good price point to target when purchasing a new computer. Far too many people look at the cheaper $250-350 range and I can assure you that you will get what you pay for. This is a perfect blend of price and performance. Windows 10 has come a long way since release, particularly with it's latest build. Good luck with your next purchase!