Gateway Laptops

AGB863

My sisiter is looking for a laptop and she has come across this model from Tescos for £350 - I have ever only purchased Dell or Toshibas so although I will have my own opinions, I wondered if any one else knows anything about "Gateway" laptops.

Thanks in advance

Gateway ML6226B 15.4" Laptop


Audio FeaturesHigh Defination Audio 2 ChannelBluetoothNoBrandGatewayBuilt-in WebcamNoCard Reader4-in-1 (SD, MMC, Memorystick™, Memorystick™ Pro)GraphicsIntel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with up to 64MB Shared Video MemoryHard Drive80GB SATA (5400 RPM)Memory512MB 533MHz (2x256)MouseTouchpadNumber of USB Ports4Operating SystemWindows Vista™ Home BasicOptical DriveDVDRW - 8x Multiformat Dual LayerProcessorIntel CeleronProcessor Model NumberM520Processor Speed1.6GHzProduct Depth15.5 cmProduct Height43 cmProduct Width34.7 cmScreen FeaturesWidescreen Ultrabright WXGA TFTScreen Size15.4"Software LoadMS Works 8.5, MS Office 2007 Student Teacher Trial, Adobe Reader 8.0, Cyberlink Power2Go, MS Media Player 11TV TunerNoneWi-Fi802.11g Wireless LAN

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The problem with the spec is that it only has 512mb RAM ad they have filled both sockets with 256mb each. You really need 1gb RAM for vista so thats an extra £30 and your not far off the price of some dual core laptops.

Little_John

With it being vista I wouldnt go for anything less that a 1.6 core2duo especially with only 512mb or memory

jamborino

Gateway were quite a big player in the UK about 10 - 15 years ago, when they were competing with the likes of Dell, Viglen, Mesh, Tiny, Evesham etc. Dell eventually saw off most of the UK home user competition, and Gateway disappeared from the UK market, back to its USA home I believe.

Their PC's usually received good reviews, and the brand was generally highly thought of in terms of reliability, build quality, and performance to price.

They reappeared in the UK about a year or so, selling through Tesco and ToysRUs. I recently bought one of their laptops, the MT6839B, as a replacement for my 5yo Compaq Presario and I am very happy with it.

I've also heard that their customer service is pretty good but have not had cause to test this myself so far.

richyrichuk

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-6139.aspx

thats the way to go im telling you.

i must promote this laptop so much for tesco!

jdytor

Noticed some tesco stores are selling them for £299, anyway most laptops are generic so the insides are rather similar. But you shoud ask yourself what do you want the laptop for..........

Otherwise check out tomshardware.com loads of useful hints and info there.

But looking at the spec its better than my company T21 IBM slowtop.

richyrichuk

jdytor wrote: »

Noticed some tesco stores are selling them for £299, anyway most laptops are generic so the insides are rather similar. But you shoud ask yourself what do you want the laptop for..........

Otherwise check out tomshardware.com loads of useful hints and info there.

But looking at the spec its better than my company T21 IBM slowtop.

hello and welcome to MSE forums.

tesco are selling them laptops i linked you to for £299?? that cant be reet, can it. if it is im gettin 5

random456

I can vouch for their cust service, live help online, sent me a restore disc next day recorded.

lolly1963

Hi,
I too have the Gateway laptop that Play had on offer back in February this year. I phoned a few weeks ago for back up/restore disc(rather than make my own as a bit blonde!) Received them within a week, very good after sales i think.
Would thoroughly recommend them.
Cheers
Lorraine

mike_the_bike_2

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-2955.aspx

Got one of these from Tesco 2 weeks ago for general Internet use/ word processing /spreadsheets

has Vista premium and 1 gig of RAM which means vista runs fine for my use!

I'm delighted with it!