fast.....thats comparing it to a 6 year old macbook pro, so anything would seem fast. CS applications open within a few seconds, AutoCAD is about 5 seconds and it boots up faster than I can take me coat off. It bloody should do for the price though. There isn't any reflection or glare really where I'm sat, the window is infront of me and its strip lighting so that helps. Its only slightly noticeable if your working on something that has a large area of black and even then its definitely still workable.