I'm a retired and disabled veteran living on just over a thousand dollars a month. I'm using a reprogrammed HP EliteBook that has a bios error. I get up some mornings and have to reprogram the whole thing even though I have the correct file to flash the bios. I study many things on the internet. One in particular is software. That sometimes crashes the machine, but I have everything backed up on a 1 tb Hitachi external drive which makes it easy to repair things. However, at my age I could better spend my time studying the many things I do on the internet. It has been my past-time or hobby for many years. This machine just tolerates Windows 8.1 which I prefer over other versions. I would love to give this new setup a run for it's money with Win 8.1.... Would really love it....