MPC (Micron PC) MPC (Gateway) E-295C

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Pros
Speedy
Long battery life
Cons
Dim screen
Less-than-desirable tablet design

MPC E-295C All-Purpose Laptop Review

by Carla Thornton

- As we wrapped up testing the Gateway E-295C in late October, MPC finalized its purchase of Gateway's business laptop line. MPC now offers the E-295C Notebook (actually a convertible tablet) on its Web site but in a slightly different incarnation. The MPC E-295C is quite a bit more expensive--$2168 for the configuration closest to the $1628 Gateway machine we tested--but it also now has a slightly bigger hard drive, the nicer Vista Ultimate operating system, and a longer warranty. This laptop turned in great performance and has a good keyboard and long battery life. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's cumbersome for a tablet and the screen is not very bright.

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