“Bought without prior knowledge of quiet PC solely on basis of wanting a quiet machine. It does what was claimed and has the feel of a quality product. Pricey but with soemthing to show for the extra cost. Much appreciate the absence of software clutter on the hard drive. The one let-down is the expected unsatisfactory nature of Windows 8.1. Doesn’t even have the means to retrieve my backup files made uder Windows 7.”