input wanted on gateway NV7928U

I was looking for imput on a xmas gift for the wife; i just purchased a gateway NV7928U laptop. I have found mediocre to poor reviews (after my purchase) on gateway laptops. The retailer only gives a 14 day return policy so I want to make sure this thing is not a POS because I want be abel to return it come dec 26th. The specs are below I paid just under $500 for the machine. Any and all comments recomendations, cautions are welcome. I would be more than willing to take a different configuration if it means more reliability. This machine will be used for home purposes, and will mainly surf the net email facebook and mabee a movie or 2.


* Intel Core i3-330M 2.13GHz
* 4GB DDR3-1066 RAM(Expandable to 8GB), 500GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive, 8x DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
* 17.3" HD Widescreen Ultrabright Display, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD
* 10/100/1000 Network, 802.11b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, 6-Cell Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery
* Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), Microsoft Works 9 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial, Norton Internet Security 2009 60 DayTrial

 

"...home purposes, and will mainly surf the net email facebook and mabee a movie or 2."

For what she is going to use it for and what you paid, imop its a winner.

 

Thanks for the opinion. Anybody have any further on the hardware reliability ect?

 

That series is not as popular as the primary series on here, p78xx, but hardware failure is a very VERY rare occurance among gateway products and often happen because of extremities. But for web surfing etc, you won't see any issues

 

thanks for the opinion/info!