Why I would not buy this computer again (MSI X320)

The only reason that I bought this computer was being discontinued so it was $447 with a sticker error making me able to purchase it for $347, and even then because I'm a poor 17 yo kid i took a loan from my mom and paid it off after four months. I would never buy this computer again, and never from Micro-Star International again because i was burned.
The first mistake is this: Before purchasing this computer I researched it and read from multiple sources, including MSI, that the factory battery will last 8 hours on a charge. That is bullshit or unrealistic. I get almost four hours if I'm lucky doing basic web browsing.
The second mistake is that I've found that it has the GMA 500 graphics chip which is supposed to be awesome because it is DirextX 10.1 and OpenGL 2.0 compatible according to all spec sites. The drivers are crap. the Maximum is DirectX 9 and OpenGL 1.1. Apparently Microsoft is pressuring all video chip makers to build better drivers and Intel is supposed to be pushing out better drivers in the next three month, but I doubt it.
The third, and by which I got burned the most by, mistake is that I believed that I could rely on the Windows 7 Upgrade kit which is the only reason i bought a Vista computer. The Day after I bought this computer I registered (Nov 5) for my upgrade program online and sent off a letter with my POP, a $15 cheque, and a copy of my reciept because the online form wasn't showing it as uploaded. Nothing happened, not even my cheque being cashed in. after calling whenever I had the chance and MSI is actually OPEN (they do not tell you when they are open and just put you on hold literally forever), finally they told ne that ALL cheques were cashed in a week ago (i'm, not even going into why they didn't cash them in as soon as they got the cheques). that was two weeks ago, and still no change in my bank account. the Upgrade program expires on the 31st, and I have such low beliefs that I will get my kit that I am resorting to asking for prayers on FaceBook.
The fourth is, preparing for My windows 7 kit to come in, I wiped my Vista partition and the OEM recovery partition (which refused to work after I put XP on the vista partition) and installed an unactivated copy of Home Premium. Now I no longer expect to get my kit, and my trial expires in 44 days, I wish to put vista back on it but to save $1 Manufactures choose to waste space on your HDD by not including recovery discs. Now since i have no access to discs (all other vista computers in the house had recovery partitions too), I am forced to bittorrent vista illegally in order to have a legiminately activated OS on my computer after 44 days. Fortunately there are uploaded copies with no keys, but I think I'm still not allowed to post links to these. However, the only way I found to download this disk is via bittorent, which my ISP throttles to almost nothing.

Before this computer I used an iMac and If i had the money I would've bought a new MacBook, and if I didn't have the money I would've bought a used MacKook off kijiji or eBay. I somehow managed to become indifferent to the OS or the manufacturer, but I don't think I personally can consider another non-Apple computer if I have to deal with this crap.

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with your pc.
Unfortunately, as with most things, you do get what you pay for with pc's.
The good news is though, you're in the right forum to get great advice on what to buy should you decide to replace it in the future. Perhaps you could even consider building your own? There's nothing like the satisfaction of building a computer and knowing that you planned and worked towards every little speed increase that it has over the last one :)
In the meantime, while you are waiting for your upgrade to arrive, you might like to check out this tutorial:
Activation Trial Period - Extend Up to 120 Days
It should give you enough time to keep using W7 until your discs arrive :)