Gateway Goes Low-Cost With New TC Laptops
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Take Gateway's MC series. The MC7803u, which we reviewed last November, scored serious style points as an all-purpose notebook that looked nothing like a typical $1000 machine (in a good way). It may have trimmed a few corners to achieve its appealing price, but overall it was a pretty good deal. More recently, Gatewazy has announced the small-and-stylish UC series of laptops. We're currently testing the 13-inch UC7807u--and to our surprise, we're really digging that $800 unit.
Now, two more Gateway laptops--the TC7306u and the TC7307u--are clamoring for your money, but not quite as much of it. The TC line enters the marketplace boasting a 14-inch screen (with 1366 by 768 resolution, an 8ms response time, and a 16:9 aspect ratio) and carrying a starting price tag of $650.
Otherwise, the primary goal of these style-minded machines--available both in burgundy and in black--is to hit the value sweet spot. You'll find a 1.3-megapixel Webcam on board, plus 802.11b/g/n support, a five-in-one media card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, and xD) and three USB 2.0 ports. You also get illuminated multimedia touch controls; if they're anything like what the UC series uses, the controls are pretty basic, but they get the job done. A final strong point: This TC notebook weighs just 5.3 pounds--almost exactly as much the smaller UC7807u weighs.
As soon as these TC-series units show up in-house, our PC World Test Center will run them through our benchmark test suite, and we'll combine that hard data with our hands-on impressions of these budget-friendly laptops.
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