In 2004 some friends and I decided to build gaming PCs. Later, as a student, there was no way around a laptop. But now I decided a PC makes sense to replace my aged T420 which still works but lags a lot when trying to be productive. It also opens up the opportunity to focus on portability when replacing my T420 with some ~10-12″ tablet/laptop hybrid since the powerful machine is already there. The focus on bus-speeds (fast SSD, newest chipset, fast ram ) definetly paid off. Despite still missing a dedicaded graphics card, it puts my T420 to shame without breaking a sweat. Hardware definetly has become nicer to look at!