Thanks for the recommendation. I think you Sony reaction is a bit strong though! Say what you will about overpaying for a name, but Sony does use top quality parts in their machines and in our experience they're really solid. My wife is on her second Vaio. The first lasted over 8 years, and the current one is still going strong after 4. And I haven't found the bloatware to be any worse than any other off-the-shelf model. Still I'll check out the Lenovo T series for sure.