New Gateway 17-Inch Notebooks for the Holidays

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Just in time for the holidays, Gateway, Inc. is debuting a new line of high-performance desktop and notebook PCs at retailers nationwide. Offered with integrated graphics, the new Gateway P-Series notebook PCs with 17-inch displays are a solid value to those requiring desktop power in a portable form factor ... but who still want affordable prices.

Gateway's P-Series meets the budget and performance needs of a wide range of consumers thanks to 17-inch widescreen Ultrabright displays, Intel Pentium Dual Core and Centrino Duo processors, integrated graphics, a gigabyte of memory, and plenty of hard drive storage space.

The multi-format, dual-layer drive offers plenty of room for storing a large library of digital music, movies and documents of all types. Accompanying LabelFlash technology enables users to laser-burn personalized images directly on CD and DVD discs to create unique, scratch-resistant labels to help organize personal movies and music.

Multiple USB 2.0 ports enable connection to most peripherals and a 5-in-1 media card reader allows the PC to read a range of digital media. The PCs also come with 802.11g wireless LAN and Windows Vista Home Premium. A partial list of specs include:

Gateway P-6301 Notebook PC

• Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2310
• 17-inch Widescreen Ultrabright WXGA TFT (1440x900)
• Intel GL960 Chipset
• 1024 DDR2 667MHz Dual Channel Memory
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with up to 384MB of Dynamic Video Memory
• 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD+/-RW with DVD-RAM featuring Labelflash Technology
• 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader
• Three USB 2.0 Ports
• 802.11g Wireless LAN
• Metal Razr Style Multimedia Buttons
• 6-Cell 2600 mAh Lithium Ion Battery
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 8.34 lbs.
• Available Through Major Retailers on Oct. 14
• MSRP: $799.99

Gateway P-6822 Notebook PC

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5250
• 17-inch Widescreen Ultrabright WXGA + TFT (1440x900)
• Intel GM965 Chipset
• 1024MB DDR2 667MHz Dual Channel Memory
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with Up to 384MB of Dynamic Video Memory
• 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• 8x Multi-Format Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW with DVD-RAM featuring Labelflash Technology
• 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader
• Three USB 2.0 Ports and one VGA Connector
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g
• 1.3 Megapixel Webcam
• 1 HDMI V1.2 Connector
• 6-Cell 2600 mAh Lithium Ion Battery
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 8.34 lbs.
• Available in the Retail Channel on Oct. 14
• MSRP: $949.99

Additional information can be found on the Gateway website.

 

No 2nd HD ? No 8700GT ? No decent speakers ? - no thank you .

How is that better then the old model with 7900gs ?

 

I don't think this is a replacement for that computer. Just a new model for low-end budget consumers who want a big screen for watching movies and things like that.

 

lets get a WUXGA res in there!

 

I don't understand 17" notebooks that don't have insane graphics cards or a ton of multimedia features, but I guess there is a market for those on a budget wanting a notebook with as large a screen as they can get....