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    Going back and forth between the 9300 and the 8510gz from BB

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by sykes, Sep 20, 2005.

  1. sykes

    sykes Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can get the exact same Dell 9300 for about the same price $1200 + waranty... I really like the full keyboard on the Gateway but I what I have heard about reliablity and service from Dell...

    I was in BB last night and I was very disapointed with the speakers in the gateway... Are the speakers not very good or was the demo busted?

    I am slightly leaning toward the Dell but from owners of gateways is there anything you can say to make me tip the other way and get a gateway?
     
    sykes, Sep 20, 2005
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    wufai Notebook Enthusiast

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    I really can't see why you need to be pursuade otherwise. We don't know you perference of your laptop. I only know that you tend to take laptop speakers very importantly. In that case go for the 9300. The gateway speakers is really bad. :p
     
    wufai, Sep 20, 2005
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  3. sykes

    sykes Notebook Enthusiast

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    maybe persuade is the wrong term, inform a notebook noob it a better description. I'm asking because all that I have read about the Dell 9300 makes it sound like a great notebook for the price... I have read some but not as much about the gateway so I was leaving the thread open to anyone wanting to say "hey this gateway is great at ..." or "Customer service is better with ..." or "reliability is ..." or anything really
     
    sykes, Sep 20, 2005
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  4. Uscooper

    Uscooper Notebook Consultant

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    If you go with the gateway and BB service plan, you bring the computer to bb if you have a prob and they either replace or send to gateway to be fixed... aka less hassle for you. A lot of people dont know that the 8510 has a 5400 rpm hard drive and that the RAM is 3200 speed. The X700 ati and the media card readers, big screen with brite view technology are also nice... but like they said the speakers arent the best.. if you are in a quiet place or a room by yourself its not bad, but in BB with all the noice hardly any speakers on laptops sound promising. I just think that you end up paying too much for Dell and i have heard bad stuff about support and service from them.
     
    Uscooper, Sep 27, 2005
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    Actually the ram is DDR2 4200, not 3200. Just to clarify since I have the laptop.
     
    Ariakas, Sep 27, 2005
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    oh cool i thought it said 3200 for some reason... 4200 is even better thats gaming memory :)
     
    Uscooper, Sep 27, 2005
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