Gateway T-6345U NoteBook Intel Pentium dual-core T3400(2.16GHz) 14.1" Wide XGA 2GB Memory DDR2 667 250GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi Intel GMA X3100 - Retail

Decent Laptop

Reviewed By: Wizdumb on 8/14/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Pros: -Compact & lightweight design
-Screen is bright and colors are crisp and clear
-Comes with (1) 2gb stick instead of (2) 1gb sticks

Cons: -No firewire port
-Left "Ctrl" key is switch with the "FN" key which is really annoying but I will adjust to it.

Other Thoughts: For those having trouble installing xp the drivers are found on the Gateway website (surprisingly) including the sata drivers to slipstream into xp. Here is the link: http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?st=pn&param=T-6345u

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Reviewed By: Bodog on 8/14/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Cheap and fast. Just as all other name brand laptops, it comes with several pre-installed programs that you'd never use. After unstalling those, it runs like a champ. It even boots up pretty fast with Vista. Keyboard is quiet, and the touch pad works smoothly. Great purchase.

Cons: too much useless pre-installed softwares

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Awesome machine for low-end price

Reviewed By: goatimus on 8/14/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Decent battery life (about 3hrs heavy YouTube), quality build in keyboard/scroll pad, decent looks. Great CPU power, video not too bad, is similar to nVidia FX5500 using quick glxgears benchmark. Dumped Vista for WinXP Pro - everything works except for metal multimedia keys by the display after finding the correct drivers... volume slider by display does work, as does Fn keys. Made a nLite sIipstream disk using the XP drivers and SP3, and installed without a problem. I also dual boot this with KUbuntu 9.04 - don't have backlight level working yet, but everything else worked out of the box! Very sweet! No more wireless problems using either OS.

Cons: Vista. Rarely connected to my wireless network even with SSID broadcasting, even after installing all available updates. Also, can't buy this lappy without Windows installed to avoid M$ tax.

Other Thoughts: Glossy areas can be fingerprint magnet. This machine does not get that hot, no more than any other Core2 lappy you can play with in a store. Don't block the air intake on the bottom (duh). Display slightly washed out when viewed off-angle. Speaker volume slightly low at max, but very acceptable.

Can I have another for the sale price you had last month? Pretty please?

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