Gateway Laptop Intel Pentium dual-core T2330 (1.60GHz) 2GB Memory 160GB HDD Intel GMA X3100 15.4" Windows Vista Home Premium MT6729

Pros: This is a great laptop for using in school, can do your basic stuff that you need. Also vista runs great on the Pc.

Cons: Some junk software installed, but not hard to unistall

Pros: I replaced my main desktop PC with this computer. I am really satisfied with the performance so far. It comes ready out of the box and the initial windows setup takes a few minutes. The Ultrabright Widescreen display is very sharp. I switched from a 21 inch desktop monitor to this and didn't notice much of a difference. The overall look of this laptop is also very good. I am very happy with this device after I installed Windows XP on it.

Cons: Windows Vista.

Overall Review: When I got this computer I wanted to downgrade to Windows XP right away because some software I like to run is not supported by Windows Vista. I booted from my Windows XP disk and setup didn't display any hard drives because a SATA driver had to be loaded. This laptop doesn't have a floppy drive so you have to use an external floppy to load SATA drivers. You also can't find Windows XP drivers for this computer on Gateway. Support pages only have Vista 32 and 64 drivers. After about 2 days of searching, trial and error and some frustration, I was able to locate all Windows XP hardware drivers for this computer. If you plan to downgrade, make sure you write down every brand and version number of the hardware in your computer before downgrading.

Pros: Nice big wide screen but not too large. Very speedy machine with all RAM, HDD and PCMA Card slots user accessable from the bottom. The machine runs VERY quitely and has to be the most cool (tempture) running laptop I've ever used. The DVD burner is actually faster then I would have thought and the "1.6Ghz" Duo Core benches with the 2.80Ghz Tourion64. You can't go wrong with this machine. It plays the Orange Box with little trouble =] Great system! Price is unbelieable. Also to mention, the images on Newegg. This Laptop looks very sleek and way better in person. You can't even imagine.

Cons: Windows Vista. The HD is 160GB but the computer shows 130GB with a 10GB backup partition. So where is the other 20GB? In the OS? I never liked Vista but I did download several updates (42) and it's actually running much more smoothly and seems to have fixed compability issues with your favorite XP programs. Not really a big issue, but you may find that helpful. Heck you can replace your HD with a 260GB with a philips head screw driver.

Overall Review: I never was a big fan of Gateway computers in the past and always saw them merely as "Budget boxes" untill I saw a classmate with this laptop. My entire views have changed. It has been quite sometime sence I've seen a Gateway so there is no telling how long ago, but Gateway really stepped up big time in the industry.

Pros: I can’t say much that hasn’t already been said, this thing is new and ready to right out of the box. So other then running the windows update. Your set. Getting on line with the wifi was a snap. CD/DVD burner is very cool

Cons: Not really any major cons. this laptop has 2GB of RAM which is great but it can’t be upgraded beyond that. And then there is Vista… Vista is a little strange and takes some getting use to. The extra junk software that comes preinstalled is easy to remove. Or you can just run the restore cd that comes with it and have a clean copy of Vista with out all the gateway junk software (does anyone really need AOL s/w preinstalled?)

Overall Review: Gateway does have XP drivers for this laptop on there web site so it should not be too hard for one to get XP working on it if thats what you want to do. For the price I’m very satisfied with both the laptop and neweggs super fast shipping.

Pros: Very solid built laptop but surprisingly light. Running right out of the box. I was on wireless withing a few minutes. Very good screen display. First run on the battery was a little over three hours. It also plays the 3-D games I have. Four 2.0 ports is great. Bought it at the lowest price last week.

Cons: I also removed a lot of bloatware. Vista isn't bad. I went through ME and find this a memory hog but nice. Lots of information on the web to help stream line Vista. I also wish the volume control was a dial.

Overall Review: Check the web techs and give Viata a try. Just don't overload it with a lot of programs. Thanks Newegg for fast delivery!

Pros: My second review. Just want to mention that I did eventually find all the drivers and get this converted to XP PRO. Its a champ now!

Cons: 12 hours to do it ...

Overall Review: Use everest to get a listing of the internal hardware. The audio is the biggest pain by far. You must install the hotfix (for SP2 and/or SP3) KB888111 first, then install the sigmatel audio drivers that gateway has listed for a different laptop. (version 5.10.4350). Other than that just google the different hardware model numbers as usual and you should find what you need.

Pros: The specs on this notebook .... for the price, combined with the looks, are what sold me.

Cons: VISTA. I hate vista... but vista in itself isnt really a con because I had planned on immediately upgrading to XP PRO. However as others have mentioned GATEWAY doesnt have the complete set of drivers on their website and its proving very difficult to find them. Ive found the network, chipset, modem, and sata drivers but the wireless, media card, and other drivers are proving difficult to find.

Overall Review: I called Gateway at first and thought WOW great support! No hold time and the gentleman that answered seemed to be very helpful. Mentioned I was looking for the drivers and he said he had them and would email them to me! Awesome. He never did though. Several other call backs and I got the usual run around that tech support gives. However, I knew I would have to dig to find them anyway. Problem is they wont give me any information on the hardware itself so I can find the drivers. Guess I need to break out the screwdriver and take the info off the parts themselves. GATEWAY ... get XP drivers on your website for crying out loud. This isnt the first phone call you've had about this thats for sure. If anyone could point me in the right direction Ild be greatful. In the meantime the search continues! PITA!

Pros: Hats off to Newegg first of all. I ordered Wednesday around 10:00 PM and delivered on my door step Friday at 1:00PM. Now that is service. Laptop is nice with decent speed. I immediately got rid of all the junk and trial ware [Norton, MS Office, etc]...installed free AVG, Open Office, thunderbird, firefox, etc, and ran the windows updates. Runs very nicely. I am used to Vista because I am running the 64 bit Home Premium edition on my desktop. I also have XP on that machine and I prefer Vista over XP. Media Center is a nice plus and if you have an Xbox 360 you can stream media from the laptop to your tv via the 360. Great Machine for the price.

Cons: Trial software and and other garbage that gets loaded on the machine.

Overall Review: I have a macbook as well and the construction on the gateway seems a bit [flimsy] compared to that but I am only being a tad picky here. I like the 4 usb ports this offers compared to only 2 on the macbook. If you are someone looking at either save yourself the $500-600 and get the gateway. Macs are nice but way overpriced.