I purchased this Gateway after a long search for a budget laptop with decent performance to give as a gift. I didn’t want to spend a ton of money, and also didn’t want to give someone a slow piece of junk either! After a long search online and a general lack of good deals on budget level notebooks I purchased this notebook on sale at Circuit City for $599. I had been scouring the internet for a few weeks looking for a good deal on a new laptop, and for $599, including a free printer (after rebates), Dual Core Processor , DVD Burner, 100GB HD, Vista Home Premium already installed, and 1GB of RAM, it was the best deal I had seen in awhile. The brushed aluminum and flat black case make it an attractive notebook as well -- better looking than the budget offerings from Dell, although the new HP notebooks do look pretty slick. The 14.1” widescreen seems to be a good compromise between usability and portability. I think that overall I got a good deal on the laptop..



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