Great Laptop without Gateway software
Written: Aug 27 '05
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Pros: Wide screen and quality LCD, Fast, Quick boot up
Cons: (Gateway + Windows XP) software. Recovery procedure sucks!
The Bottom Line: BUY THIS NOTE BOOK! BACKUP SYSTEM(PER GATEWAY INSTRUCTIONS) FORMAT C: (AND PARTITION ) INSTALL WINDOWS XP. YOU WILL HAVE A SOLID SYSTEM WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE
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| hello_123's Full Review: Gateway M520 XL PC Notebook |
This laptop is the cheapest among its competitors. I bought this one from Bestbuy for $950.00. I had really hard time with gateway supplied Windows XP operating system. What I did was this. I tried to use recovery procedure to check how well it works. (Because I don't want to have problems, after I have all my data in the computer.) Everytime recovery procedure stuck giving error messages. Gateway tried to combine their software with windows XP to give a better output. However they failed in that side.
I already had Windows XP home edition. So after creating backup CDs of hard drive (Gateway provides blank CDs for backups!!!), I formatted C: drive and partitioned into 3 drives (80GB for one drive is too big for me) using windows XP CD. Then I installed Windows XP and all my software without any trouble. I used back up CD to install all drivers and other free software provided by Gateway. Now it works as a bullet. Through the history, Gateway has been not good in software area. But I don't have any complain about their system(hardware). It is really good. It is really worth to buy Pentium 4, 3.06GHZ 512MB 80GB 15.4 Widescreen CD/DVD RW with wireless LAN for $950 in July 2005
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 950
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Other
Processor speed: over 1000
Screen Size: Greater than 15 inches
RAM: More than 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): Over 50
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