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4.5 stars
"not usually impressed by gateway..but.. this time..."
Pros: 512 8800gts graphics card, 3gb ram, 17 inch semi gloss screen, decent design, upgradeable, and more
Cons: its a gateway, touchpad isnt very responsive, mediocre cpu, vista, hard to see fonts on keyboard, touchpad+buttons are cheap
Summary: this computer is an exception to the typical gateway bore. i enjoy playing cs source on this computer with max settings/res without a problem. i try to avoid using the touch sensitive controls on this laptop unless im in a game and i want to avoid the options menus. the touch sensitive media controls are really sloppy although they do have a fancy orangy-red glow to them. the touchpad+buttons are cheaply pieced together. the pad is not very responsive and the buttons are cheap plastic and kind of loose and clunky.
however, these cosmetic flaws can not surpass the value/performance combo you get from $1349. you get a 17 inch with a pleasant screen, a typical cpu with 3gb max ram for vista 32bit, an amazing video card that can play anything flawlessly (except for crysis), and on top of that, this thing has the potential to get a cpu upgrade along with the ram if needed. i also have reason to believe there is an open bay that could be used for an additional harddrive to potentially have raid settings. lots of flexibility in this one. gateway is learning finally! i gave this computer a 9, mainly for the value+performance, and a -1 for some annoying clunky construction. but to note, overall, this computer is not clunky at all. a first i must say for gateway.
