A:Answer I have had the laptop for over year with no hard drive issues. The laptop is pretty good for personal use meaning that I only use it for email, surfing the internet, watching videos on YouTube, and some MS Office work, spreadsheet, and word. The battery life seems to be going down as I was getting 2-3 hrs initially, I am only getting up to an hour now and it seems that once unplugged, the battery % moves downward faster.