 Great bang for your buck |
| Review Date: July 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: BreeMM, |
| I got one of these around thanksgiving from Best Buy, and I was not disappointed. The only true drawbacks I've had are the off-center touchpad and finding a case for it that isn't overly expensive (I'm very picky), not that you're going to really NEED one anyway. This is a big laptop, meant more to be a desktop replacement than the type of grab and go size you may be accustomed to, and is definitely not a "stuff in your purse" netbook. The graphics card isn't up to par with current games, but that's not what I was looking for. The screen is huge by laptop standards, great for multi-taskers, students, or artists who need or like to have multiple windows up at once or just like a lot of space, and is good for movies. Sound's pretty good too, and if you're big into the arts or downloading a lot of movies or music, you can't argue with a 500 GB hard drive to start. |
Not good
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| Review Date: June 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: M. Jacobs, |
One of the major reasons I decided to buy this laptop was the secondary hard drive bay. Unfortunately the hard drive caddy needed to install the hard drive is not included. That's not surprising, but you can't order the caddy from Gateway, any of Gateway's parts distributors, ebay, or anywhere else online!
So you would contact Gateway support for this, right?
When you contact the worthless Gateway support they will first tell you, sure you can order a hard drive. When you point out you don't want to order a hard drive, you just want the caddy to install the hard drive, they will tell you that you can get that at a local store. When you point out that you can't order this anywhere, they will tell you to check a local store. When you point out that this is a proprietary part and ask "if my gateway logo fell off the laptop cover would you also tell me to check a local store?" their answer will be to check a local store. When telling them to go to hell, they will tell you to check a local store. No, I'm not kidding.
To make matters worse the wired and wireless devices stopped working after 6 months (do not even show up in device manager anymore) along with the VGA port and one of the USB ports.
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Great computer for the $$$$
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| Review Date: March 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Brian Ambrose, west coast us |
| I recently purchased this computer refurbished from [...] for 450.00 and for the price this thing is great. i also purchased an optional 2 yr warranty from square trade due to the fact it is refurbed. The wireless works great and it streams movies from netflix good to from a hdmi cable. overall im really satisfied. |
Very good laptop for an excellent value
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| Review Date: February 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Winston Bradbury, Columbia, SC |
| I got this laptop to replace another gateway that had almost run out of space due to media files filling it up. I am extremely pleased with this purchase and have not had any problems at all. The 17.3 screen is taking a little getting used too as its seems huge compared to what I was used to but it delivers a fantastic picture and great for watching movies on. The 500 GB hard drive will give me plenty of space for years and the i3 core processor has been exceptionally fast. Highly recommend this laptop to anyone looking for a media laptop or just an everyday laptop. |
Great laptop!
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| Review Date: February 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: LCM, Simpsonville, SC |
| Bought this laptop to replace old PC. Works great; had a computer guy transfer all old data off PC onto this, so no problems so far. |
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