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Gateway NX860XL

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Pros
Great screen and speakers
Microsoft Works 8.5 included
Cons
Small hard drive

Performance: Very Good: 81
Features: Good: 71
Design: Good: 78

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Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	515
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	431
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	747
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)	1:56:33 AM
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	98.27
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	87.93
Firefox 2	344
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	379
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	255
Multitasking	408
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	834
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	235
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	348
WorldBench 6 Score	80
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Very Good

What You Should Know about the NX860XL

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.

Reviewed by: nigelmalik

Duration of ownership: 4 Months

Strengths: size of the screen, it's like a desk top you can carry from room to room, with power to run my programs and monitor my network at the same time with out slowing down my work.

Weaknesses: Hard drive is small coming off the rack had to upgraded with the OS and memory.

Overall Evaluation: Had to taylor the lap with a upgrade of the hard drive, OS, and the memory. Other then that, this is a very good laptop, no a great laptop!! for under 2000.00
Reviewed by: Fawfamily

Duration of ownership: 1 Year

Strengths: Best bang for buck in class

Weaknesses: Too much pre-loaded software starts with bootup.

Overall Evaluation: Sure, I wish Gateway offered a higher end video card, but the 7900 GS is still pretty good. To me, the bottom line is you are going to pay around $800 more for the same, but cool looking, Dell XPS laptop or $900 more for a Toshiba with a better video card. So if you are willing to more for a better looks or a lot more for a better video card, be my guest. Personal Note: I have owned several Gateways over the last four years and found their Tech Support excellent. Also, Gateway will give breaks to loyal (return) customers. After comparing a lot of laptops, the Gateway NX860XL gamer laptop is a great deal, if not the best value for under $2.5K.