Gateway NX570X Laptop Review

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Sabbz
Donalds, SC

Great notebook that comes with an awful Operating System

married, not rich, tech geek, expecting good, fair service, value conscious, a college student, looking for durability, rough on my stuff

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Pros

1 gB RAM, Dual Layer DVD-R, Intel Dual Core

Cons

Windows Vista

DEC

2007

    This notebook is a very, very nice piece of equipment, for being under $700. It comes with a GB of DDR RAM, an easy to read widescreen display, and all the basics of notebook pc's. One thing I immediately found both nice, and useful was the scroll bar on the touchpad. Simply run your finger eitherup or down the scroll, and the page, well, scrolls. It acts like the wheel on a mouse for those of you not familiar with the notebooks touchpad. It has wireless capability, a dual layer CD/DVD-R, three USB 2.0 ports and an Intel Dual Core 1.87 GhZ processor. It's not a gamer computer, nor is it excessive in any way. I bought it for school use, and outside of my own internet tinkerings and occasional recording projects, that's all it will be used ofr, ans as such, almost serves it's purpose.

     The only real con is simply the Operating System. While Windows operating systems of the past were notorious memory hogs, Vista takes that concept to an entirely new level of excess. This causes problems with speed, hardware and software. Depending on what is running, or using cp cycles, the computer will slow down to a near crawl. Constant issues with video drivers and software incompatability will eventually drive a user insane.

    The customer service is quite professional and curteous, as I went through one of the dreaded driver issues after running Windows update for the very first time, 20 minutes out of the box. Of course, I spent an hour and a half trying to resolve the issue myself, being a network administrator I have years of experience with troubleshooting pc's and previous versions of Windows. (I've just avoided Vista as long as possible!) When I finally gave up trying to 'roll back' to the old driver, and all attempts at uninstalling the driver were obviously useless, I went through Gateway tech support, who essentially took over my computer, and did everything I had previously done. Only it took them 4 hours to do it, and as such, they came to the exact same conclusion as I did and told me to reformat the computer. While it was a waste of time, they were freindly and tried to be helpful.

     Overall, this is a great computer, it's just held back by an obviously flawed operating system. Unfortunately, rolling back to XP would void the warranty but I would still recommend this computer to anyone seeking quality and value in a pc. Hopefully Vista will improve with the induction of a Service Pack.

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Key Features	Hard Drive 80 GB Serial ATA, 5400 RPM Display 15.4 in. WXGA TFT Active Matrix Mobile Technology Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology Processor Pentium D 1.73 GHz Installed Memory 1 GB (DDR2 SDRAM) Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor	Processor Manufacturer Intel Processor Type Pentium D Processor Speed 1.73 GHz Processor Number T2080
Memory	Installed RAM 1 GB RAM Technology DDR2 SDRAM Max Supported RAM 2 GB RAM Speed 667 MHz Installed Cache Memory 2048 KB
Hard Drive	Hard Drive Capacity 80 GB Hard Drive Rotation Speed 5,400 RPM Storage Controller Type Serial ATA
Display	Display Size 15.4 in. Display Tech WXGA TFT Active Matrix Display Max. Resolution 1280 x 800
Video	Graphic Processor ATI MOBILITY RADEON Installed Video Memory 128 MB External Video Resolution 2048 x 1536
Operating System	Platform PC Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Networking	Data Link Protocol Ethernet • Fast Ethernet • IEEE 802.11a • IEEE 802.11b • IEEE 802.11g Networking Type Bluetooth • Integrated 10/100 Network Card • Integrated Wireless LAN
Dimensions	Weight 6.32 lb. Depth 10.39 in. Height 1.4 in. Width 14.09 in.
Miscellaneous	Product ID 48377350
Motherboard	Bus Speed 667 MHz Chipset Intel 945PM Express
Technical Features	Expansion Ports 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394a (FireWire), VGA out, RJ-11 (modem), RJ-45 (NIC), S-Video out Expandability 1 x Type I/II PC Card Slot, 1 x SD Card Slot, 1 x Memory Stick Card Slot, 1 x MMC Card Slot, 1 x Memory Stick PRO, 1 x MiniSD... Special Features 6-in-1 Card Reader Input Method Touchpad
CD / DVD	CD / DVD Type CD-RW/DVD-ROM Optical Drive Read Speed 24x (CD) • 8x (DVD) Optical Drive Write Speed 10x (CD) Optical Drive ReWrite Speed 24x (CD-RW)
Audio	Audio Input Type Microphone Audio Output Type Headphones
Battery	Battery Technology Lithium ion
Warranty	Warranty 1 Year
Modem	Modem Type Fax / Modem Analog Modulation Protocol ITU V.92
Product MPN	MPN NX570X

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