I had an Acer for about 2 and a half years (which I loved) and the hard drive burnt out, so I replaced it this March with a Dell Inspiron. The laptop is pretty nice but I have had already 2 keys come lose so it’s not as sturdy as I would like, plus it’s disagreeing with some of my software – could be related to Windows XP??? My super nerdy computer engineer brother in law loves his MAC and tried to talk me into one, but I was being stubborn…I should have listened 🙂