I ordered this laptop based on the reviews and the fact that everyone said it had a touchscreen. I even ordered the Dell Active Pen for it at the same time because of this. Well, I got the laptop yesterday, and guess what? No touchscreen. Even without the touchscreen, it's a nice laptop at a good price. I won't know about the battery life until I use it more, IF I use it at all and don't return it. I'm not happy about the fact that I got something different than what everyone else got.