@alatreille I bought the hp spectre with an i5 and 8gb ram to replace an aging macbook pro. I use it only in the field while tethered (for viewing and backup), then shift everything back to a mac pro to process. I didn't want/need another macbook pro, just something to view images on and to have a redundant copy while shooting tethered in the field. The biggest con on the spectre: the screen. Even though I was hoping to use it in tablet mode and thus be able to angle it away from direct sunlight, I literally couldn't see the image on the screen at noon in Florida (and it is way too glossy). On the plus side, the battery lasts a long time, about 6 or 7 hours while shooting (dimming the screen when not using it and including in that 6 or 7 hours the time when I close the laptop while moving between locations). I had thought that having a touchscreen would make things simpler, but Adobe just isn't there yet with the interface, so I use it only as a laptop, not as a tablet. This is my first Windows work machine in a while and I debated long and hard about moving away from Apple for my field machine; in the end I picked the spectre because of it's specs: it was at least $500-$700 cheaper than a relatively equivalent mac and had that touchscreen! In the end, I am sorry that I got it. I feel now that I should have sprung for an Air, despite the lower screen resolution. I've had software crashes on the Spectre (thanks Canon) that I never had on the macbook pro and had to reboot while the client and I waiting for the image to show up on the screen. I am NOT an apple fanboy (these are just tools, after all) but I do regret getting the spectre. If I had to get another windows machine, I wold likely go with the small, lightweight Dell with the small bezel (can't remember the name)---the only thing it lacks is the touchscreen and the tablet mode, but I find that as a practical matter I use neither of those features.