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    Hinge cracks

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by animekenji, Aug 10, 2004.

  1. animekenji

    animekenji Notebook Guru

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    I am just curious if any Gateway owners are experiencing the hinge cracking issues that emachines owners are going through. If you go to the Gateway website and look at the photos of their laptop line, you see that a few of their models seem to use the same shell as the emachines units. (The M520 model looks exactly the same). Mods, please make this a sticky.

     
    animekenji, Aug 10, 2004
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    We haven't seen it reported, though few people that own Gateways are very active here for whatever reason.

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    Brian, Aug 11, 2004
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    attndeficit_2000 Newbie

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    Gateway bought eMachines... if that helps explain the similarities:

    http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/desktops/story/0,10801,91179,00.html

    -Travis-
    ...Ashes of Addiction
     
    attndeficit_2000, Aug 12, 2004
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  4. animekenji

    animekenji Notebook Guru

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    I knew that Gateway owned emachines which was why I went to the Gateway site to check if any of their systems used the same shell as the emachines ones. Since Gateway is supposed to be the 'premium' brand and emachines the 'budget' one, I just wondered if Gateway CS gave their owners the run around like emachines CS seems to be doing.
     
    animekenji, Aug 13, 2004
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    ctlv83 Newbie

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    My hinges cracked. I had to have them replaced.
     
    ctlv83, Jul 19, 2006
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    By ToR Notebook Evangelist

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    Since both have laptops based on Arima's "crack-king" chasis, both suffer the same problems. My MX7515 is now cracking...after 8 months.
     
    By ToR, Jul 19, 2006
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