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Gateway NX270S Laptop With Vista Home Basic
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If you’re looking for a cheap Vista-powered laptop, check out the NX270S notebook from Gateway. At just $599.99 (after $100 rebate), this 14.1-inch widescreen (1280×800) laptop is pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Basic operating system. However, don’t expect a high-perfomance machine as it comes only with the minimum specs to run Vista — Intel Celeron M430 processor and a 512MB (2×256MB) of main memory. I guess everyone who have used Windows before already realize that they should never run the OS using the minimum requirement.
Customers must also aware that one of the coolest feature in Vista, Windows Aero 3D, won’t be enabled in Gateway NX270S. The reason is because the laptop uses ATI Radeon X200 Express graphics engine which isn’t on ATI’s list of Aero-compatible video cards.
Other features include a 60GB of hard drive, a DVD/CD-RW combo drive, WIFI, Ethernet LAN, integrated 56K modem, an ExpressCaard slot, three USB ports, VGA out, and a 4-in-1 media card reader.
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I just purchased a Gateway P-6301 notebook from Buy.com. When It arrived it had a small crack in the display. My wife spotted it right away but I guess I was in denial. I used it long enough to massage it to be ready to roll. The second time it was opened, I saw my wife was absolutely correct. I continued to use it as it was (hoping it would go away) and did some limited work on line. The third time I opened the top the display was absolutely shattered. I emailed Buy.com but got no response. I then called Gateway who got me started jumping through hoops. They told me that the unit had to be registered in my name and gave me the steps to comply with. I had to get a copy of the receipt from Buy.com and Fax it along with a cover letter with my name, address, phone number, email address, model number, serial number. Upon receipt they were to get back with me. After several days, I contacted Buy.com again. I was emailed back this time with further instructions. Please advise if you have had similar problems.