Pros: Very reasonable power for the price. Runs virtually everything I've thrown at it with no problems.

Cons: It's tough to determine what's the fault of the computer and what's the fault of Windows 8. I'll come back after being away for 10 minutes and find it's turned completely off with no notice. A few issues where it sounds like echoing static in the background that causes me to have to re-install the sound and reset the speaker settings. Overall they are minor inconveniences though, not deal breakers.

Overall Review: I picked this up on Black Friday 2012 and haven't regretted it. If they had a Windows 7 version instead I'd suggest it but that world is apparently over. In terms of CPU, Memory, HDD space and graphics power I don't think I've found a better deal online even 9 months later.