I've had pretty good luck with my beast so far... heats up a bit after three-four hours but a cooling pad solved that. Came with the Windows Vista virus, and eventually I'll upgrade that out of the system too.

Other than that, well worth the cash. I'm so glad I bought it when I did because now... yeah, money? What's that? I forgot just how bad it sucks to live on a student income as opposed to a busting-my-ass income.