Gateway T-6828 Review

July 3, 2008

Gateway T-6828 ReviewThe Gateway T-6828 is not embarrassing to take the public, and that does not have a drab design like that of the Acer TravelMate 4720-6727 or the Fujitsu Lifebook A6120. However, the outer coating and palm rests with red paint is an old concept, the painting should have been implemented with more imagination to have any real impact, given the interesting things that are happening in notebook design. Laptops as the HP Pavilion dv6500t and Toshiba U405-S2830 are experimenting with decorative laminates, while the IdeaPad Lenovo Y510 to impress consumers with a textured surface. Another problem is the weight. This 14-inch laptop weighs 5.7 pounds, as much as 15.4 inches HP dv6500t. Gateway would have been better to go with a 13-inch form factor, as many manufacturers are doing now.

The 14-inch screen is very nice to see, but it has the modest 1280-by-800 resolution found in many low-cost laptops. By contrast, the Dell Inspiron 1420 offers the option of a 1440-by-900 resolution. The mouse buttons, like those of the M-Gateway 152XL, make a noise which is remarkable in a quiet place, but I enjoyed typing on the keyboard. Above the keyboard, the river of multimedia buttons is another example of how Gateway is lagging behind in terms of design. Touch-sensitive buttons would have been a better choice, because they are much easier to press.

These days a company-particularly one that does not at the top of the market-has to pull more in the way of characteristics that people normally expect. However, with the T-6828, Gateway gives you just enough to survive. For example, omits an HDMI port to reduce costs. The T-6828 also lacks a FireWire port and S-Video-out. The three USB ports and dual-layer DVD are no better than the average for a 14-inch laptop. The T-6828 gives a value of 250 GB of storage, but I can not applaud Gateway for it, because the addition of storage is cheap these days. Lenovo, by contrast, went further with its offer of Y510 for a five-speaker system with subwoofer. (The T-6828 of the speakers are decent but ordinary.) The only thing that makes the T-6828 stand out is its two-year warranty, since the only additional year is typically worth more than $ 100.

Spesification of Gateway T-6828 is :

  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) SP1
  • Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5550 (1.83GHz)
  • 14.1″ Ultrabright WXGA TFT LCD
  • 3GB DDR2 system RAM
  • 250GB SATA HDD (5400rpm)
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (up to 384MB shared)
  • DVD+-RW SuperMulti dual layer drive
  • 10/100 Ethernet
  • Wireless LAN: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 802.11a/b/g/n
  • 1.3 megapixel webcam
  • 5-in-1 memory card reader
  • ExpressCard 54 slot
  • 6-cell Li-Ion battery (4400mAh)
  • Dimensions: 1.1″-1.30″ (H) x 12.95″ (W) x 9.75″ (D)
  • Weight: 5.55 lbs
  • Warranty: Two Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty

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