This Gateway model had everything I was looking for at an acceptable price and I think this is perfect for university students in many ways and is an absolute great value:
1) I wanted a netbook for some time for its portability and longer battery life. This one is only 3 lbs (fits into your backpack like a thin book) and battery usually lasts 6 or 7 hours but less if I watch videos. I have always liked the Cherry Red laptops of Gateway but I'm glad I waited for this one. So it looks great too. Originally this was to be a secondary laptop for on the go but it actually replaced my older laptop because it does everything and much more. The only thing it does not have is a CD/DVD drive which these days is not a necessity. (You can buy it separately if needed).
2) The screen is 11.6" which is bigger than most regular netbooks, those would be too small for me. I don't notice a big difference at all compared to my older 15.6" laptop, obviously it is a bit smaller but works fine for me.
3) New Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled. The setup for the laptop was very easy, matter of minutes. It did not come preloaded with too much useless programs, so setup was easy.
4) built-in 1.3MP webcam and microphone is pretty much standard these days (my older laptop did not have the webcam integrated), so this is a nice convenient feature.
5) 250GB HDD is bigger than my old laptop and you can never have enough hard disk space
6) 2GB memory, expandable to 4GB
7) the processor is Intel Celeron 743 which is fast enough to handle multiple programs open (word processor, browser, video cutting)
8) Nice extra is the HDMI output, not using it yet but might be useful someday.
The sound could be better though, it comes with Dolby Sound Room effect, takes some getting used to but with speakers it is fine.
All in all, I am very happy with my purchase, researched this one for a long time and I think I got great value for my money. What it basically came down to for me was the screen size, battery life, hard disk space, attractive design. I hope this little companion will last long.
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