The weight alone hasmade my friends envious. I had it configured to the max w/ 1.28gb RAM and 60gb HD. I love the machine, it's becoming rather handy carrying it from class to class. The screen is nice and the keyboard is well-sized. No problems typing for long periods and as a whole it feels very sturdy. Only quip is that there is no pc card slot but I don't use it much anyways and the optical drive is external, but there has to be sacrifices for the size. All in all I'm very happy with the purchase, it's an amazing machine.