Fast, quiet, reliable machine.
I bought this for my daughter to use for school and competitive debate. The SSD is a very nice upgrade from a traditional hard drive (HDD). The laptop is quieter than a HDD since it doesn't have the spinning going on and it doesn't produce as much heat. It boots up fast and the programs load quick.
The extra RAM and i5 processor make this an over-kill laptop for a High School Junior. The school IT guy, when installing debate software, mentioned that she has a very fast computer.
I bought this refurbished and I was surprised at how clean and little used it looked. The only negative is that two pixels on the display died. They are tiny and far apart and hard to notice. I told my daughter that we could fix it but she didn't want to part with the computer... so it must not be that bad.