Lives up to its reputation
Nice, big display in a small chassis. The footprint is not much bigger than that of my Acer TimelineX it replaced, but the screen is an order of magnitude better. The 1920 x 1280 display is more than adequate, the matte finish shows minimal reflections in room lighting and I don't use the touch screen anyway.
The speed is more than acceptable for anything I do (mainly putting together PowerPoint presentations) and it only takes 11 seconds to come back from hibernation. Battery life is excellent -- I have yet to run below 50% after a full day of "regular" use. I would guess about it would give more than 8 hours of screen-on-time. The keyboard with the short travel takes a bit of getting used to, but that comes with the Ultrabook territory; propping the back up about an inch seems to help. The spacing of the keys is fine (actually same key pitch as my generic desktop keyboard.
On the downside, I miss the VGA and Ethernet ports (but again, that comes with the territory on Ultrabooks) and the position of the camera *is* awkward (but then, I'm told that my chin is one of my best features).
This was a refurb made in early 2015 so it has the previous (Broadwell?) generation processor, but the several hundred dollar saving over new makes it more than worthwhile (actually, the 8GB/256GB non-touch configuration is no longer available). The system I got was in "new" condition, with no flaws that I could find. Upgrading from Windows 8.1 to 10 took a couple of hours, as expected.
All in all, I'm quite happy with it!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Refurbished