Pros: Love the ridiculous storage capacity. I haven't had to worry about deleting files in a long time decreased boot time from 2min to 30 seconds. I've had this drive for 6 months and no issues. Replaced an OEM 320gig seagate. I dual boot with windows 7 and Linux Mint and this drive boots fast into both partitions. I haven't had any issues with dual boots. If I could afford a full SSD I would have, but since I can't, I'll take the advantages of this drive.

Cons: None. I've seen negative reviews about hibernation with Windows, but I don't think having to wait 30 seconds for the laptop to wake up is worth losing an egg.

Overall Review: This drive goes on sale for under $100 every couple of months, so if you want to wait you can usually get it for a good price with free shipping. I put the 7500rpm/750gig version of this drive in my wife's mac, and booted to mac's OS, Linux and Windows on it, so if you wanted to tri-boot these hybrid drives, you're in luck.

Pros: -Trackpad becomes disabled when you plug in a wireless mouse and reengages when you unplug it, huge bonus points. -Installation instructions for overriding W8 were clear and concise and the drivers and utilities are available for W7 on the disk provided with the computer. CD with the drivers crashed after install and wouldn’t load again so I had to go to the website to get the utilities, a minor inconvenience. CD forces an install of Norton. Norton can suck it, no thanks MSI. -upgraded to 16gb ram, recognized without issue. The trade out was simple. There is a warranty void sticker, but MSI claims trading out the ram or upgrading a few other components really won't void it, but take that as you will. -runs virtual box, a movie and rendering software without breaking a sweat

Cons: -Plastic case for the main body seems sturdy, however the lid seems like it will break if you look at it wrong, this is where it loses an egg. Overall the hardware is good, but the case is something it seems they cheeped out on. -It does have a 7200rpm hdd. It is made by HGST, so it probably isn’t running anywhere near where it should. For the price, I expected better quality hardware, so it loses an egg for that.

Overall Review: -the realtek sound manager is good for the audio, but sucks it up on the microphone. Part of it is due to the microphone not being that special to begin with. I didn’t buy the laptop for the microphone so it doesn’t lose an egg for that. -I upgraded the msata slot with a 128gb ssd. Boot time was approximately 1 min 56 seconds, now, 15-20sec. Blazing fast. Upgrade the drive or get the msata , or both, whatever, its your machine.

Pros: Solid case Good USB cable Easy to set up

Cons: None

Overall Review: I ordered three, just about to order a couple more.

Pros: Works great on Windows partition, yet to have it stall out and need to be removed and plugged back in.

Cons: It was advertised to work on Linux, but following all the guides included with the unit, it is still not working. Loses an egg for making me look bad in Linux.

Overall Review: Great if using it for Windows, let me know if you figure out Linux, hook a brother up with that knowledge.

Pros: -Thin for a PC laptop, it fits nicely into the slot in my attache case. -Lightweight. I often have to check my attache to make sure I put it in before leaving the office. -Great power management. Granted, most of what I do is word processing, document review, internet browsing, etc. But I have a dual monitor set up and can get 5-6 hours of work done unpluged on full brightness and "better performance" setting. I am sure if I was using just the laptop on lowered light settings and put it on power saving options I could squeeze eight or nine hours out of it. It does have a fast charge. About 90 minutes for me from 10% to 100%. -3 USB -1 USB-C -Has the touchpad disable as a function key, which is f-word amazing. There is a function for most touchpads now that auto detects the mouse and disables the touchpad, but I like that it is a function key too -Ryzen 5 with integrated graphics. AMD has come a long way IMO, and I am happy with the performance. I upgraded from an old Toshiba with an AMD single core, and I must say, the R5 is living up to its advertising. -Good sound. I work in a professional environment, so I haven't fully tested the speaker capabilities, but I can hear the audio clear without having to crank it up to 100% (or 11 if your a Spinal Tap fan) -It has a 2.5HDD/SSD expansion area and comes with the adapters, just note the case is a little tricky to open, and you do have to connect the data cord to the motherboard slot, so if you're faint of heart, it may not be for you, it was not an issue for me so I am not taking an egg off for that.

Cons: -4gb of soldered ram, advertised as 8gb, didn't say that it was 4gb + 4gb. It has a 4gb stick installed in the single expansion slot. I upgraded to an 8gb stick, so there is 12gb total now. Supposedly it will take up to a 16gb stick, so with this machine, 20gb max, which is probably overkill, I think you'll run out of processing power before the ram becomes an issue. -number pad is scrunched and set up funny -function key is set up to run media keys rather than function keys and you have to go into BIOS to change that setting -Top is aluminum and finger prints show up just by looking at it wrong, and its hard to wipe it down and have the prints come off

Overall Review: I like it. My cons are what they are, but I would buy this machine again. It isn't fancy and you're not going to be doing any sort or gaming, if that is what you're looking for, I don't know why you would be considering this machine anyway. Other Thoughts The left hand side has two USB slots, the USB-C slot, the HDMI port, the ethernet port and the charging port. It can get cramped with cables when you have everything needing to be plugged in on that side. No optical drive No SD slot

Pros: Worked out of the package Updated without issue

Overall Review: No issues so far. I am running a Windows and Linux partition, and it handles without issue. It breathed life into an old laptop. I got this on sale and so far has been worth the sales price, you may want to wait for a sale to pick this one up too.

This is the second set of used computers I've bought through them. I'll buy a third set if needs be.

Computer worked out of the box and the computer case looked brand new. The shipping box was sufficient so you new that the product wasn't getting banged up during shipping. The price was right and the product has performed as expected. I will conduct business with them in the future if they are selling a product I need.

I've purchased several items from here, and they are synonymous with excellent quality at affordable prices.