Those Hamilton Beach microprocessors are wonderful! I got my mom one for Christmas two years ago and she loves it...small but powerful, and the fact that you can chop, slice, & shred into a bowl really comes in handy. This was her first real processor since the early 90's--she used to have a Sunbeam "Oskar" that scared the &^&$&% out of me when I was 3 years old and because of that she didn't use it. Later on, when she was using the Braun hand blender with the (useless, IMHO) chopper attachment, I tried convincing her to buy a "baby" KitchenAid or a Cuisinart (what CR liked at the time), but she didn't really feel the need for a processor anymore...now she uses it practically every day!
I was surprised at how easy it is to assemble, clean and use; works great for chopping onions, peppers, shredding ham, you name it! The only thing I find irritating is that it's very easy to misalign the blade with the metal shaft in the lid when you're putting it on...I always tell Mom to "Line the blade UP" ; otherwise it vibrates horribly which is definitely not good for the machine.
Otherwise it's a nice little processor that can do much more than the mini-choppers, yet takes up the same amount of space!
--Austin