Gateway revs the M-series laptops to X and XL
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CUBSWILLWIN @ Mar 13th 2008 6:43PM
cheap features for a large price. America, America...
phanbouy @ Mar 13th 2008 6:47PM
someone bled all over the wrist rest. never a good sign
YoYoYo @ Mar 13th 2008 7:05PM
Neither of these are newsworthy. Why didn't Engadget cover their like-equipped tablet? It's the only one on the market that has a real video card, in the United States.
Casey @ Mar 13th 2008 7:30PM
I'm sure this sounds like flame bait but, isn't this just a tic better then a MacBook of the same price? I see more ram, a bigger screen, fingerprint reader, 5-in-1 memory card reader, MAYBE better graphics.
Why is everybody mocking this so badly?
Eric @ Mar 13th 2008 8:25PM
I'm right there with you man. I have the older M series Gateway that I am now forced to sell thanks to the iPhone SDK being OSX only and I'm not happy about it. You'll get no argument from me that the Macbook Pro is the better laptop, but man, I paid $750 for this Gateway with 3 gig of ram, 250gig HD, core 2 duo, etc. It easily blows away the standard MacBook's and isn't far off the pace of the MBP. Yes, it's not as well made, or as pretty, but the MBP is over twice the price! I just wish I didn't have to buy one for work. There are lots of things I'd much rather spend the extra $800-1300 on than a slightly faster/prettier notebook.
chris @ Mar 13th 2008 8:37PM
there's probably some hack so you ran run max osx on your PC
Urza @ Mar 13th 2008 8:59PM
Exactly. It's only a 'tic' better than a MBP for the price. Why are they mocking it so badly? Because you _expect_ macs to be overpriced. Gateways are supposed to be cheap. I generally expect macbooks to run $1000 more than a similarly equipped windows machine.
Eric @ Mar 13th 2008 8:53PM
Yeah, there's hackintosh. But I really don't feel like messing with it, plus I would need to buy a copy of Leopard also. It's just not worth the hassle.
ErrorBorn @ Mar 13th 2008 9:14PM
A fingerprint reader are you kidding me? Those things are so gimmicky. It doesn't even count.
That's exactly why Apple doesn't put them on their machines.
Onetruebill @ Mar 13th 2008 10:52PM
Folks who use Macs don't have fingerprints...
They are scrubbed off when you all are pulled out of your PODS.
Mobius_1 @ Mar 14th 2008 6:33AM
Agreed. A "prettier" (keeping in mind that beauty is in the eye of the beholder) chassis and a "better" OS isn't worth an extra 1000 dollars to me
YoMomma @ Mar 13th 2008 9:00PM
they have a really good gaming laptop for $1349
1.66ghz cpu (yeah its pretty bad but it can be upgraded), 3gb ram, 512mb nvidia 88000gts.
Tom @ Mar 13th 2008 11:00PM
You can get an Asus M51sn or an Asus M50sv for the same or cheaper price with the newer nvidia 9500 series with 512 dedicated memory :)
Josh @ Mar 13th 2008 11:04PM
I think the reason engadget didn't cover the update to gateway's tablet line is because those tablets don't exist. I ordered one on release day, 2/14, and it was delayed until April. Since they haven't built any yet, there's really nothing to talk about...
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/showthread.php?t=14735
mark @ Mar 13th 2008 11:59PM
nah. centrino 2 right around the corner.