A:AnswerMy wife is a full time student on line and we use this laptop to her classes while we travel. The battery life has worked well for us. We drive at least 2 and half hours usually and haven't had any problems with the battery life.
A:Answeri had my 1 tb HDD replaced with a Crucial 500 gig SSD and it makes the laptop work much smoother. my start up time is 5.6 seconds and shuts down in less than 2 seconds.
A:AnswerNot true. I listen to music videos all the time and I think of all the laptops I've ever had including Dell, Asus this pc delivers great sound.
A:AnswerThere is a 32-bit version of Windows 10. If you are running Windows 7 or 8 and upgrade, then you should get the 32-bit Windows 10. However this comes with Windows 10 Home 64-bit, so you would need to do a clean install and wipe everything to re-install a 32-bit version.
A:AnswerYes
On YouTube already there are demonstrations of the 2 options available but you need to get a bracket to hold the second drive internally or a different kind to replace the DVD with an HDD or SSD.
Look up HP 17 bs049dx HDD to SSD