Welcome back Angela! That’s funny you mention a gaming machine – my laptop died the other day and the boyfriend and I went to THREE different Walmarts this past weekend only to find every single one of them had no laptops in stock in our price range. But one of them had a laptop for gaming. We ended up getting that – this baby is POWERFUL and an i5 processor (think the i# thing means processor lol) so it’s quick. I’m not a gamer but am loving how nice it is… the only “complaint” – this baby weighs 5 pounds so it’s pretty heavy lol