Starts up fast and it is good to have especially for nostalgia purposes. Print quality is quite good, but not as good as stand alone photo printers obviously for the money. If you were alive during the polaroid era, you know what you?�re getting in to.Is it a necessity? No, of course not. Is it good to have around so you can have a print right away, it is quite good. Just wish the lcd screen on the rear was bigger and sharper.