I bought this Acer Netbook for my husband a few months ago, and we both have been satisfied with its performance so far. It's very light and portable, and the battery life is pretty good considering this is just a netbook. Built-in webcam, microphone is a plus too.  We do wish the speaker was a little better and that it could be a little more louder. Since it's size is small, the portability is great and you can literally carry it around with one hand. The power cord is pretty long so it's great to use as it's plugged too (my Sony Vaio's power cord is actually considerably shorter than this one)....