I got my first computer from dell when i started college and it's a great computer but its not good in the long term for me. my parents got so i could type papers or get my homework in if it was an online class. By the time I was in my second year my disc drive didn't work anymore so if i had something i need to bring to class i had to have it in an email and save it when i got to a computer. that was before i found out about flash drives. I find that these computers get alot of viruses but that just might be my computer so take that how you will. I mean i had to spend $80 to find that out...