Gateway solo 1400 laptop; is it worth buying?
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yes average price is $200\n\nGateway Laptop SOLO 1400, Pentium 3, 996MHZ, 248MB
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I would consider what you are using it for as the primary decision maker. Tablets come in two forms--a Slate (no integrated keyboard) and a Convertible (opens up like a notebook, but the screen swivels and folds down on top of the keyboard).\n\nEither choice, like all notebooks, is about tradeoff. \n\nIf you are looking to use this at home and occasionally take advantage of the Tablet functionality, you want a convertible andthe Lenovo product and the Gateway offering are solid performers that are basically mid to high end notebooks with Tablet functionality (full size hard drive, DVD RW options, full size keyboard, Core Duo CPUs, etc).\n\nIf you travel a lot of weight is a major issue, I suggest the Slate product from Motion PC (www.motioncomputing.com). You sacrifice options like Optical drives but you get a trade off in weight and portability.
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theyre a good deal. mine was the 300 dollar one but it came with a free flat screen upgrade, no speakers, celeronD, 80G, 512 whatever that thing is called. you can always upgrade it to suite yourself. overall i paid about $450 for the comp and 3day shipping. they good for average surfing and basic computer tasks. although it didnt come with microsoft works (excel, word, speadsheat)
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I just bought a new HP dv5030us from Circuit City for $999 after a $200 mail in rebate.  It has an AMD Turion64 processor (2GHz), 1 GB of RAM, 100 GB harddrive, DVD Burner with Lightscribe, and Windows XP Media Center.  The 15.4" WXGA widescreen looks really bright and sharp, too (great for movies).\n\nI've been happy with it so far except that its battery life is not as good as a comparable laptop running the Centrino architecture.\n\nIt has plenty of horsepower for running simple business applications (any modern new laptop will).  If you want to play around with photos, movies, music, etc. then you might want to try out this one due to the XP Media Center operating system.
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I wouldn't turn my back on it. It always depends on price and anticipated use.\n\nThree of my friends have recently picked up a brand-name notebook, 1GB RAM, 100 GB hard drive, built in bluetooth and WiFi, DVD burner, Windows XP Home, AMD 1800 processor and 15 inch screen, external (USB) floppy. It has been selling here for US $999, no rebates. That's been the cash register price.\n\nIf what you are looking at is $200 less, I would say they are equivalent values.\n\nAs for use, yours is quite adequate for standard business use and home computing. For graphics manipulation or gaming it is a bit of a lightweight. If it's significantly cheaper, US $600 or less new from a good local store, I'd go with your selection. It sounds like yours is a respectable, competent machine. Only your preferences and pocketbook and availability in your area can say for sure.
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HP computers used to be pretty crappy but they have come a long way in the last few years. On the other hand i have been pretty dissapointed with the quality of gateway machines, as they seem to be getting cheaper (as in poorly built) every day. If you decide on a gateway, i highly suggest you do not buy one of their monitors as they seem to have a very high failure rate. For a true quality machine, i would look to a professionally built system from your local computer dealer. You can generally specify the components you want used and build a smoking system that will far outclass the HP's and gateways.
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It's an awesome laptop. The best thing about it is the Dual Core CPU. The Video Editing performance is awesome what used to take me an hour to do, know only takes 30min.\nNow did you bundle your laptop with the Intel950 video card or did you upgrade for a X1400 or even x1600??\nIf you have the intel 950 you probably already noticed that it sux when playing games. But the x1400 and x1400 are really great video cards for laptops :)\nI like the screen of my laptop nice and bright :)\nOverall very very happy with my laptop.
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Well, on the over all market are my pics.\n\nDell - Great value all around. Wonderfull desktops. The Optiplex series has been a consistantly good system. Their laptops are pretty good too.\n\nApple - Well there's just no competition for these guys, just one small problem. $$$$$$$ Way to much! AND NO, I DON'T WANT A FREE IPOD WITH MY PURCHASE!\n\nToshiba - I've got old ones, and I have a brand new Satilite M55. There like my Toyota, I'll never get rid of em'. Toshiba, from my personal experience makes some of the best performing, if not, the longest lasting lap tops I've ever worked with. If you buy a new Satalite, you may find your self no longer using your desktop. \n\nHP - Decent desent desktops. (Personal experience). Good Laptops, from what I hear. The older HP's that were on socket 370 were fantastic. Mine is 6 years old and still runs great. Their new line of PDA's though, those are realy nice. I own one, and it's replaced almost all the tasks I use to use my laptop for. All the minor ones at lease.\n\nThe best home PC however would have to be the ones you build your self. They can be painfull to work with at times, but once you get one put together that works, it's a realy neat feeling to have it and use and to be able to stick it to everyone else who gets ripped of by Dell! (just kidding)
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i got my laptop at sams club. payed 1300 for it tax and all. It has a gig of ram and 100gig hardrive. Its an hp and has 128mb of memory devoted to graphics. its also a widescreen KILLER FOR GAMES. It a HP Pavillion Dv4000, and it also has a remote.. so try sam's club or cosco's
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yes, depends on what your looking for.\n\nTo be portable then go Centrino and make sure you get a Pentium or the newer Celerons which 512 cache, SATA drive and at least 512MB ram.\n\nTo get a desktop replacement which will be faster but heavier and have less battery life you go with a P4, 2.6 or higher but watch for the price break at over 2.8.\n\nBrands are another matter, each has a plus and a minus. Dell has great prices and quick turn around if your notebook dies however their support is lacking in my book. 90% of the time their first action for any support call that they cannot figure out in a few minutes is to reload your OS. This does not seem to matter what the problem actually is, a reload will fix it, Not. IBM which sold off to Lenova still makes a top of the line notebook but I have heard some issues surrounding support. You'll still pay more for a Thinkpad but it might be worth it. Gateway still makes some good stuff however everyone is scared they might not hang around much longer, I tend to disagree and they are pricing stuff pretty well.\n\nOf course there are still Acer, Compaq, and dozens of others out there including "whiteboxes" which tend to be just as good as well. Truthfully they are all pretty good but as with most things you get what you pay for. That said for $500 you can get a pretty good machine from Staples during their sale tomorrow and Monday. With a one year warranty on a name brand system for $479 how wrong can you go.
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Compaqs are not a good idea!!  I have a Dell notebook and paid a little over $750 total for it.
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Yea dude, I was looking for a lap top that had a lot of memory and was super fast.  My tech guy at work said that I would need something that is suitable for gaming and if I wanted a laptop it would cost me about 2500-3000.  Instead I bought the latest model Gateway 2g hard drive, dual processor CPU for 800.  It's the shiznit.
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With those specs, you're NOT going to find this computer cheap at all.  You get what you pay for and that would be an incredible computer but again, you will have to pay for it expensively.  Do you even understand how much a 24" screen 'alone' would cost as much as a pc?    good luck :-)
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You can check out this one from HP at Circuit City for $700, http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-Notebook-PC-ZE2315US-/sem/rpsm/oid/132902/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do and this Gateway at Best Buy for $849, http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7628631&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01174&id=1130986342986.\n\nSome things you should consider when buying a laptop are memory, don't get one with less than 512MB of memory though you can get by with 256MB, I don't recommend doing so, Windows XP is so much faster when it has 512MB of memory available to it.  Also, do you want a standard 15.0" screen or 15.4" Widescreen display, I like the widescreens because they offer more screen real estate and a higher resolution.  The HP has a 15.0" screen and the Gateway has a 15.4" screen.  Also, the HP has an AMD Sempron 3000+ processor and the Gateway has a Turion 64 processor which is faster than a Sempron.  Take this into consideration when you are buying a laptop.\n\nBut either one should suit your needs for web-browsing, email and office applications, just don't try to play Doom 3 on them.
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Well, in capability, the gateway you are comparing is better than the toshiba one; but, I suggest you to check about the Gateway's service and warranty. If you have the same service and warranty, don't worry about that Toshiba is a more reliable brand, what you need is a good tablet PC, capable to help you doing your work, and if Gateway is offering a good time and conditions for warranty (parts and service), I think Gateway is the best deal in this case; otherwise, if Gateway is not offering a good warranty, that includes parts and service, I suggest you to buy the Toshiba one, because you know that brand, and everybody do so, even if you are paying more. The warranty is one of the more important facts that you have to keep in mind when buying a PC.\n\nHope this helps. Best Regards.
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Right now I like this Acer laptop available from CompUSA which includes an Intel Pentium M Processor 725 at 1.6GHz, with Centrino Technology, 512MB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, 15.4-inch WXGA TFT Display, DVD+/-RW Drive, Windows XP Home Edition for $700, this deal would be very hard to beat, http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=332687&pfp=BROWSE\n\nAs for buying a laptop from eBay, I wouldn't, you don't know what condition it is in (besides what the seller tells you) and you have to bid on it or use the buy it now option which is usually more and if you bid on it you can't be sure that you will get it.\n\nThe Acer laptop I listed above is a very good value and is one of my favorites right now.
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here is a very nice deal. this Toshiba laptop has all what's needed. \n- Core Duo processor\n- 512 MB ram\n- 80 GB HD\n- built-in wireless 802.11b/g\n- CD & DVD burner\n- Media card reader\n- OS Windows Media Center\n- 14.1 TruBrite screen\n... + free bag and even a all-in-one printer\nall together for $650\n\nhttp://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/160474/bundleId/5584/rpem/ccd/bundleDetail.do\nthe only drawback is the relatively little memory. but it comes with one 512MB stick, so you can easily add a second one what has the additional advantage of running the memory in dual channel mode, what is nearly twice as fast.\n\nhow to get the internet on it\n1. it has a built-in LAN card (RJ45) and also a built-in dial-up modem (RJ11), so you can connect it to the internet like a desktop. \n2. it has a built-in wireless card. this is either for external use (at airports, hotels, Starbucks etc.) or for a home based use (but for that purpose you need a wireless router).