Gateway EC1437U 11.6-Inch Cherry Red Laptop - Up to 7 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)
It took me 2 months to decide on which laptop or netbook would replace my Toshiba 17 inches Widescreen laptop which I own for more than 3 years now. I travel a lot, my Toshiba has been great and continues to work perfectly but I needed an ultra portable laptop/netbook, easy to carry, something that would fit easily in a suitcase, backpack, or even carry it with me. Battery power came to be a major factor, since I travel a lot, sometimes to find a plug at the airports, or just every where else like a coffee shop can be a challenge; so I wanted at least a battery that could last 3 hours or so.
After careful consideration and research, and based on how much I wanted to spend, Gateway beats all other brands. The quality, the specifications and beauty, Gateway is unmatched. I'm a Toshiba or Sony lover when it comes to electronics, but this time around, Gateway proved me wrong for sure.
So, this Gateway Ec1430u is brand new as of Oct 23, 2009. I ordered mine yesterday Oct 22, 2009 when it was released with Windows 7 release. I'm very happy about my choice, the battery doesn't stick out as I saw on other netbooks with 6-cell battery and it lasts up to 8 hours. I just tested it with a movie, unplugged it, showed it could run 5 hours and 25 mins on battery alone, that's amazing. And I should add that once unplugged the default brightness is 50%, but I changed it to 80%.
It's very light, I can barely feel anything in my hand when I lift it, it's been running for 3 hours now and I can't feel any heat at all, how is that possible? my Toshiba laptop heats up tremendously, the fans run on high most of the time therefore noisy. This Gateway is quiet as a turtle. Not to mention how sleek it looks, the chrome Gateway label is pretty on the outside cover.
The keyboard is full, keys are soft to touch and I have plenty of room when typing.
The most dramatic change to come with this EC series is that previous netbooks couldn't play HD movies easily, this Gateway EC1430u is HD friendly and has an HDMI port. It doesn't have a DVD/CD optical drive which I don't really miss, with the Internet today, I can watch movies online, download TV shows, etc...for other purposes I would get an external drive just in case I need it. But I barely use my DVD/CD optical drive on my Toshiba laptop.
The Touchpad is mutli-gesture, you find some features of the iphone, it is smart enough to recognize 2 fingers command, expand/contract a picture etc...
Did I also mention it comes with Windows 7? incredible improvement from Microsoft from Windows Vista. It shuts down quickly, so far it takes less than 5 seconds to shut down. Start up is quick as well. Windows 7 is easy to navigate.
So my overall opinion is extremely good. I would give this laptop a 5 star-rating.
I strongly recommend you buy it as soon as possible while it is in stock, because once more and more people find about it, it would evaporate from any store. Too bad Gateway doesn't advertise.
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