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Gateway EC1800 series

Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by xScorp1on, May 28, 2010.

xScorp1on Notebook Evangelist

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Hey, I saw a nice one priced today. I was wondering what the consensus is about these laptops... can't find too much information out there. It's a 11.6" SU3500 with 2gb and 6-cell battery.

How is build quality and keyboard quality? I know its no thinkpad (my current top choice is a x201), but at this price it could win me over.

And how is the screen? Is it glossy or matte?

I just saw this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_fCXDnmJRs

Is it that bad?

xScorp1on, May 28, 2010

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lostpike Newbie

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It is the same thing as an Acer 1410 just rebranded.

lostpike, Jun 2, 2010

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shurcooL Notebook Deity

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I have an EC1803h and it's pretty great. It's more powerful than an Atom-based netbook, but it's not as powerful as a real laptop (i.e. Core 2 Duo or Core i5, etc.).

See this thread for a lot of discussion on it. It's not perfect (especially if you get unlucky with a bad refurb model), but most ppl were happy with theirs. It's mostly a matter of putting fresh Win 7 w/o junk instead of the bloated Vista with too much crap on it. Personally I'm using XP, but 7 should be just as speedy.

Edit: How nice was the price you saw?

shurcooL, Jun 21, 2010

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