A:AnswerThis is the perfect computer for this and with the 1 TB of storage it can store a ton of files. This was purchased for my niece for the purpose of college in the fall. I am not sure what the estimated battery life is. I believe it was over 5 hours.
A:AnswerI purchased a mouse with a USB dongle and it works perfectly. It is so very easy to download pictures. I haven't used the touchscreen very much but probably will as I have some travel coming up. I highly recommend this computer.
A:AnswerTher is no need for an additional mouse the laptop has a "once touch" pad at the fround which controls scrolling along with left and right click