Gateway MA7 Reviews

The Gateway MA7 is a good laptop computer for the first time buyer because it is very simple to use. It has a great screen in a widescreen format, that is excellent to view  at any angle. The ultra bright screen is great in low light conditions, but outside in brighter conditions, you can barely see the screen. Windows Vista operating system was a little "hairy" to get used to at first, but now I love it. It was purchased at Wal-Mart for a "before Christmas" sale price, which was very accomodating at $295. It does have a cd/dvd drive with a cd burner which is a "plus", however a dvd burner would...

I purchased a MA7 Gateway computer and would never suggest getting anything from Best Buy now. I purchased to computer in August 2007. In June 2008 it was having problems. Upon returning to the States I returned to the store I purchased it at in Minnesota. Best Buy Geek Squad sent it out mulitple times for servicing. They changed the mobo, hdd, optical drive twice as well trying to get in to boot up. This happened from the first week in July until mid November. This computer was under a year old. Now this month, March 2009 it was not charging properly. I had an independant company check it out....