I used to like HP computers too.........up until the day that my Hard-Drive crashed, 10 days after the warranty ran out! Never again. That was 3-4 years ago, and since I had purchased it at "Costco", I returned it and got a Sony Vaio as my replacement. At that time, Costco, would accept/exchange any goods bought from them with-out question. Now the rules have changed (can't blame them) but you can only exchange in a 6 month period. Normally, I would never do that, but that time....I was really, really, pissed off......as I had lost a whole lot of things that I had purchased. Those things were lost along with the hard-drive.......and I have Never forgiven HP for that. Even though, my father-in-law works for them! LOL! Right now, I am using Sony Vaio #3....that is how happy I am with them. Just purchased one a week ago and have No complaints so far.....other then having to "Reload" all my Poser files. LOL!