The battery life is said to be 4 hours.
But of course, this depends on what you are using the machine for.

In my usual usage (email, web surfing, document editing) the battery life is 4+ hours. But, when watching videos, it is much less, somewhere between 2 and 3 hours. I can watch one full-length movie, but not two.

4 hours

If you're using the system moderately, such as reading a book or writing a document with occasional WIFI or DVD drive usage, I have been able to get close to 6 hours out of this battery. If you're using it to watch a DVD movie, or streaming video on WIFI, playing a game, etc, you're going to get closer to about 2 and a half to 3 hours of battery. Battery life on this unit, as with other units will vary depending on usage and how you have your power management settings set. Also swapping out the HD to a SSD also gives you more battery life to play with.

4 and a half hours. Although one time I unplugged AC adaper and scrolled over the battery life and it said 7 hours remaining lol. Probably mistake, it's 4 1/2 hours battery life.

Make sure u r pressing function key at same time

Hold the fn key and the volume down or up key at the same time.
i.e. fn +11 to lower volume or fn +12 to up volume

Make sure you are pressing the function (FN) key when you are attempting to use the volume buttons on the keyboard.

I had no problems so far, and I do like the sound! You may have to go to your volume settings, and make sure it's not on mute!

They do work, you have to hold down on the fn key and either press f11 or f12 for volume down or up.

The biggest and really the only reason why you would not want this laptop is if you play a lot of games where the video and/or sound might need to be more advanced. Otherwise, if you are into the basics then I think this is a great laptop at a great price. I hope this helped.

If you are a serious gamer or a graphic designer or like to edit loads of music and video then you would want a different laptop (more like 8 gb memory).

The only problem which doesn't really bother me is that the sound is quiet.

This is a great laptop for basic use. There is not much to not like about it. It is a great deal.

It has a built-in memory card reader that supports SD and SDHC formats.

Yes this laptop has the most slottiest slot accepting all sorts of cards.

No it has USB slots but you can get an adapter/reader for like 10 bucks that plugs in via the usb slot.

This Asus has a digital media reader which supports secure digital format.

Mine is working.

I have had no wi-fi issues whatsoever. My router is a Linksys N router.

No, this system does not have that problem with WIFI and Windows 8.1. For those other systems out there that do though, a WIFI driver update fixes every one of those systems.

Well, at the store I went to pickup this item the display said it's Windows 8. When I opened it at home and setup everything, I went to the system details it said Windows 8.1
I don't know the difference. But I have no problems with wifi, my Internet provider is old and slow, but it still connects. Just input your router info.

There is a CD/DVD drive in this laptop. I have not used mine yet but it is there and I believe it says it is HD. I hope this helped.

yes

Yes there is

yes

Yes, this system has an 8X DVDRW/CDRW drive installed. It is on the right-hand side of the system.

Yeah, it's on the right side with no USB jacks.

Yes

you'd have to purchase it, Microsoft doesn't usually give that away. If you know a college student they maybe able to get you a discount on a student edition.

This system comes with a trial version of Office 2013. After the trial runs out, you would have to purchase a full version of Office.

It does not have Microsoft Office pre-loaded you would have to buy it or download it.

This has a trial version of Microsoft office.

Yes it is but you need to open the back cover with the screwdriver

Yes, the battery is replaceable, but you have to disassemble the computer (remove screws) to get to it. See this link for how to do it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWB35_tNJMI

I'm not seeing a place to remove the battery. Don't know if you have to unscrew the back to get to it but I would say no or at least not easily.

Yes, and no. The system does not have an opening on the bottom, so the battery is not user-replaceable. If you open the system though, it is a self-contained sealed unit you would see with other laptops and you can pull it out in one piece and replace it, should a problem develop with it.

You would have to contact ASUS to know for sure. If it can be you would have to take the entire back off the laptop to access it. But if it worked properly you should get years of use without worrying about it.