Hi, I'm a student in need of a laptop. I was wondering if this would be a good fit for me? I would use it for music, Netflix, paper, research and steam gaming. I would also need something with a more reliable battery life.
Thanks, Austin

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Hi, I'm a student in need of a laptop. I was wondering if this would be a good fit for me? I would use it for music, Netflix, paper, research and steam gaming. I would also need something with a more reliable battery life. 
Thanks, Austin

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I regret buying this and here is why:
1. No CD-Rom
2. Cheap/flimsy parts.
3. You need 3 hands and a complete tear-down (motherboard removal included) to swap out the hard drive or RAM. I'm a computer tech and have never seen Ausus put out such a terribly designed laptop. 
4. Battery life is unexpectedly short. Mine lasts about 3.5 hours out of the box while idle. Not sure if it will play a full movie on battery.
5. Windows 8 means nothing is where you think it'll be.
6. Only 2 USB slots (however, one of them is USB 3.0) 
7. WiFi reception is dismal. Not just once in a while; always.
8. Keyboard is very difficult to see in the dark.
9. Only one person (perfectly centered) can watch a movie clearly. To everyone else it's just sound and blob of dark colors.
10. Literally two hours after I bought this, Newegg dropped the price by $150. So maybe wait an hour or two and see if it'll go down more some.
11. Not actually pink. More like a gloss covered river salmon. Nasty to look at for prolonged periods.

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