Pros: it was realy easy to setup wile building a computer, it came with all the connectors i needed, well all but one extra IDE cable but thats easy to get. it fits perfectly with most atx cases unless the case is somehow incorrect.

Cons: alot of atx cases have a 3 pin power led connection, wile this motherboard only has a 2pin conenction with no space for modification. this is easy fixed by changing the header for the connection thought many would find this as toomuch work just for a green light. other then that its a very good mother board.

Overall Review: it seems that eather the case that i had or the motherboard have the power switch connector and the reset switch mixed up, thought i think it is the case, alot of the features were tampered with before by someone else (the case that is).

Pros: wide screen, dvd burner, and the amount of USB ports i tend to use them like there is no tomorrow. media center works realy well. realy good for server maintenance and entertainment (thats what i use it for anyways). speakers is also realy good compared to a few others on this price range. fingerprint reader works very well.

Cons: Omnipass for fingerprin veryfication is an application they seem to stop suplying with the laptop, i would highly sujjest getting it later on if you would like to use the laptop to its maximum. the graphics seem kind of low sometimes thought that might just be the laptop i got. harddrive is a bit slow, and at times the laptop may crash when playing songs and doing something else, though again this might be just this particular one, i fixed it by updating the sound drivers so if you have the same problem just find and download those drivers. the battery life is low 40 to 90 minutes, though for the size i dont see how people might use it too far away from a power connection.

Overall Review: i would suggest getting a 2nd battery and a car adapter if you go on the road often. speackers take a wile to respond once you unplug the earphones, just and fyi for those who think "oh no what have i done!".