Pros

  • Good battery options
  • High-resolution screen

Cons

  • Modest features

At A Glance

Typical Gateway fare, this notebook lacks extars but has lots of battery options. The high-resolution screens is good too.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number NX560XL
Inventory Number 25055
Processor
Processor type Intel Core Duo T2400
Processor speed 1830.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 500.0 MB
Memory type DDR2 SDRAM
Memory speed 667.0 MHz
Display
Display size 15.4 inches
Resolution 1680 x 1050 pixels
External Monitor Interface Discrete
Vertical Resolution 1050
Graphics
Graphics Type Discrete
Primary Graphics Chipset Radeon X1400
Storage
Drive size 80.0 GB
Floppy Drive No
Other storage
  • SD Card
  • Memory Stick
Battery
Battery Type Lithium ion
Vendor Rated Battery life 513.0 hours
Standard Number of Batteries 1
Number of Included Batteries 1
Dimensions
Width 14.1 inches
Depth 10.4 inches
Height 1.3 inches
Weight with Accessories 8.2 pounds
Weight 8.2 pounds
Sound
Speakers Stereo
Storage Media
SD card Yes
Memory stick Memory Stick
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
Other Features
Docking Station Port Yes
Devices Phone Cord
Input devices Touchpad
Pointing Device Touchpad
Hardware List Notebook
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type 10/100/1000 Mbps
Microphone input Yes
Firewire 1
Headphone Jack Yes
Available Interfaces
  • Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
  • FireWire Port
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus Port (x4)
  • Video - S-Video
Wireless connection 802.11 a/b/g
Bluetooth No
Slots
  • SD Card
  • Memory Stick
PC Card Slots 1
Case
Multipurpose Bay Second Battery

Performance

Battery
Battery Life (Office Applications) 5:13  (hh:mm)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 528
Gaming
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 77.65  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 39.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Performance
World Bench 5 Score 87
World Bench 5 Rating Good
Number of Included Batteries 1
Mozilla 437
ACD Systems ACDSee 717
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL 381
Adobe Photoshop 365
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX 351
Windows Media Encoder 357
Ahead Nero 1060
Musicmatch Jukebox 559
Adobe Premiere 514
Roxio VideoWave 298
WinZip 469
Microsoft Office XP 582