Gateway’s LT3100 series netbooks are a bit larger than typical netbooks, but they pack 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel displays which help me foregive the extra size. The other thing that sets the LT3100 apart from pretty much every netbook on the market is the fact that it ships with an AMD Athlon L110 64 bit processor and ATI radeon X1270 graphics.

CNET reviews the Gateway LT3103u and writes, “The 11-inch, AMD-powered Gateway LT3103u does well on price and performance, but drops the ball on battery life when compared with the competition. The good: Feels faster than an Intel Atom Netbook, but keeps the price low; high-def display. The bad: Uninspiring battery life; terrible mouse buttons; no Bluetooth.”

CNET editors’ rating: 3.5 stars Very good

LaptopMag reviews the Gateway LT3103u and writes, “The Gateway LT Series represents netbooks’ first awkward steps into adolescence. With an 11.6-inch display, it’s almost as big as a traditional notebook, but while its AMD CPU is more powerful than Intel Atom chips, it still has a way to go before it can compete with ULV processors. But for now, the increase in power is not enough to overcome its lack of endurance when compared to the Acer Aspire One 751h, which is $50 less expensive, or the ASUS Eee PC 1101HA, which costs $30 more. Still, the LT3013u’s design and $399 price tag makes it attractive for those looking for a larger netbook with more grown-up specs.”

Pros
Stylish design
Comfortable keyboard
Better performance than Atom-based netbooks

Cons
Slow boot time
Short battery life
Lid attracts fingerprints

PCMag reviews the Gateway LT3103u and writes, “The Gateway LT3103u goes against everything that coined the term netbook, but you’ll like the price, 11-inch screen, and the full size keyboard.”

Pros
Eleven-inch widescreen is atypical of a netbook. Full size keyboard. Love the resolution. 2GB of memory. Big hard drive. Competitively priced.

Cons
Battery life falls short of its rivals. Design is generic. Windows XP Professional would?ve been a faster alternative to Vista.

ComputerShopper reviews the Gateway LT3103u and writes, “An Athlon CPU and aggressive pricing raise Gateway’s first netbook from “standard” to “standout.””

Pros
Excellent keyboard, touch pad; attractive design; some record-breaking benchmark-test scores; glare-resistant screen.

Cons
Battery doesn’t last long (and can get hot); no free Windows 7 upgrade; full-screen video streaming shows stuttering.

Check Amazon price for Gateway LT3103u netbook.

Gateway has unveiled its new MC Series, featuring a 16-inch display and the Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform.

The first model the Gateway MC7801u ($949.99) – features the Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 processor at 2GHz, GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, 4GB of DDR2 system memory, a 320GB hard drive, and DVD burner. The display has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, and “edge-to-edge seamless glass”.

The MC Series laptops also have a 1.3-megapixel webcam, HDMI and VGA outputs, keyboard with backlight, an 802.11a/g/n wireless module, Gigabit Ethernet LAN port, 56k modem, four USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, and 5-in-1 media card reader.

The Gateway MC7801u weighs 7.1 pounds with a standard 6-cell battery and runs Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) OS.

Besides the offered MC7801u model, Gateway will launch the MC7803u ($999.99) that includes the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 512MB dedicated video card instead of the integrated GPU.

The Gateway P-7811FX is a new 17-inch gaming notebook, the latest addition to Gateway’s P-Series FX Edition line.

The Gateway P-7811FX, the laptop based on the Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform, comes with the Core 2 Duo P8400 processor at 2.26GHz, NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 512MB dedicated video card, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 200GB hard drive at 7200rpm, and a DVD burner. Its display has a resolution of 1920-by-1200 pixels.

The Gateway P-7811FX also equipped with a 1.3-megapixel web camera, HDMI output, the Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link network connection (802.11a/b/g/n), Gigabit Ethernet LAN, a 56k modem, three USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, eSATA and Firewire ports, and a 5-in-1 media card reader.

The P-7811FX weighs 9.2 pounds and runs on Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

The price starts at $1,449.

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