This laptop is worth the money if you are not a gamer, buy it open box if you can find it local (under 600 bucks) or shipped open box (under 650 bucks). The build quality and GPU will work wonders on photo, video, and music editing. Be prepared to upgrade the HDD. Very easy to do but will cost another 70-100 bucks to move from a 5400 rpm drive to a 7200 rpm drive. The Hard Drive is SLOW, only fault here in this build.