Re: Comments on Gateway laptop

Peter,

Thanks for your comments.

The machine weighs 6.3 lbs which I find to be about average. The Turion
64 bit processor is supposed tohave a "power down" feature to conserve
energy.... let's see if it really does. I bought a 64 bit thinking about
Windows Vista and upgrading the OS next year. I just going to use it for
office / internet business. Not gaiming So I feagure the DDR should be
adecuated.

Any comments about the general quality of Gateway laptops?

mac


"Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> mac <aaa@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Could you please comment on this laptop being sold at Circuit City
>> for $1,049?
>> AMD TurionT 64 ML-34
>
> Likely to be heavy and hot, no? If you like that, fine. But if you like
> that, why do you care about its qualities as a laptop? What are your
> criteria?
>
>
>> The basics: This notebook features the AMD TurionT 64 ML-34, 1024MB of
>> DDR memory and a 100GB hard drive.
>
> Well, a 64bit machine (with a gig of older memory and who knows what
> drive, plus a heavy dvd player). Why do you want one? *I'd* like a 64
> bit machine so I could do development for 64bit platforms, but a 64bit
> laptop has no point for me over a 64bit box stuck in a corner to which I
> login remotely via the vt100 emulator on my palm pilot and watch crashes
> via a serial line to its console. You have to tell us what your
> criteria are - I'd be avoiding anything hot and heavy and battery hungry
> as though it were a carnivorous hot potato, and you may feel exactly the
> opposite! So be prepared to tell us your requirements.
>
> Peter


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