I bought this laptop to use for when I need to do work away from my Desktop. While it is not as powerful as my desktop; I am impressed with the laptop for the price. The battery life is amazing compared to previous laptops that I've had. I watched youtube and did some internet browsing for about 8 hours and still had plenty of battery life left. Running Visual Studio or Android Studio did cut the battery life, but still lasts for quite a while.I immediately upgraded the RAM to be 20gb total and added a 2.5" 500gb ssd in the extra slot for more storage. I like that the laptop is easy to open, that acer provides the hard drive cradle to have 2 hard drives, and that the RAM can be upgraded.Pros- - Powerful - Battery life - Easy Hardware Upgrading - LightweightCons- - I do not like the power adapter. I feel like it is too thin of a barrel jack that it might break easily. - Speakers are not the best.