This computer is great. I had another Asus notebook which I loved...until I crushed it in an iguana accident. But this one is even better. It has all the specs mentioned in the title (though hard drive is more like 454 gigs not 500). The keyboard has a great light-up feature for use in the dark. That was a nice surprise. Palm rests are comfy and don't show finger prints, nor does the rest of the computer (It's not made of that shiny plastic so it won't show dust and prints as much). I don't know why the description says dark red though, it's black. Speakers are nice and clear and get loud enough for me at about 44 percent.
Internet speed is ok. It's not lightning fast but you won't wait more than six seconds for a page to load. It's always good to download Google Chrome. It's faster than Internet Explorer. Overall speed is good and boots pretty quickly.
The experience index is 3.3. I've only played The Sims 3 on it and it performs just fine. If you're a serious pc gamer or are into all that high maintenance software take your chances or look elsewhere.
It comes with Microsoft office 2010 so I recommend having an office 2010 product key handy (make sure you buy the disk version. The card is only good for one install).
As for bloat-ware there are a few things from amazon, Asus, and a game company. Check them out, and if you want them keep them. If you don't want it uninstall them. It's not rocket surgery.
It has a free trial for trend micro which I'm currently using for security, no problems so far but I've only had it for 10 hours. It will harass you about backing up your system at every start up. You can disable this but backing up is always a good idea. Just make sure you have at least 5 blank DVDs if you decide to do this.
I'm not sure about battery life, at least 3 hours.
Sorry I'm not a computer geek (no disrespect geeks are awesome) so I can't get any more specific than that.
As a young college student on a budget I would totally get this again.
Special thanks to Amazon and UPS. With prime I got it the next day using the free 2-day shipping.
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