First impressions of this are pretty good. The construction is excellent and appears very durable. I saw some reviews calling this brushed aluminum, but i'm 95% sure that this is stainless steel. Whatever it is, most of the case is clad in a matte finish metal which is sturdy, cool to the touch, and resists fingerprints. It's reasonably slim and maybe a pound lighter than most similar laptops I've used. This is one of the more reasonably priced probooks so it's not going to set any speed records, but the i3 processor has easily handled what multi-tasking I've tried so far. The display looks great. The speakers are maybe a touch better than an average laptop, which still isn't great, but they are loud enough and sound ok. I would have preferred the various ports and plugs and card reader to be farther back instead of all on the front and front sides, but you can't have it all I guess. Blake was super nice to not only buy this for me but take the trouble to pick out a nice one. Thanks again bro!