battery life for me is about 2 hours when I'm doing a lot of applications. The amazing thing here is the overall value. The machine works very well it does not get overly heat it and it can run lots of applications at the same time. The speed is always fast it starts up very quickly. It's the fastest laptop that I've ever had and was a really good pranks over all. I use it for web browsing and video editing and it does pretty well and rarely ever stalls or slows down