Gateway NV58 - $779 Excluding $99 Cashback + Delivery Charges if Not Picking up

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McMerc on 06/12/2009 - 16:04 mwave.com.au (221 clicks)
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Found this deal at Mwave:
Gateway NV58 Notebook, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz, 4G DDR2, 500GB HDD, 15.6" WXGA, Max Resolution 1366x768, nVidia 105M 512MB, DVD Super Multi, Card Reader, 802.11 b/g, LAN, Bluetooth, WebCam, Vista Home Premium, 1 Year RTB Warranty (WDH0X.007)

Gateway NV Series Notebook (WFL0X.008)

Product and Technical Information
• $99 Cash Back From Gateway Directly Before Before 31/12/2009 - http://redemption.gateway.com.au/
• Free Widnows 7 Upgrade Before 31/01/2010 - http://www.gateway.com/windows7upgrade/index.php?cmpid=cphm_…

Get everything you need plus the cool you want with Gateway''s newest 15.6" notebook: the NV. Possess what others can only desire. And let your NV Series laptop possess you, with its high-def cinema experience, connectivity on the go, quality video chatting, low energy consumption, extended battery life, ample storage and fantastic performance.

Dimensions (WxDxH)
26-37mm H x 372mm W x 250mm D

Weight
3.1Kg

Built-in Devices
Wireless LAN aerial, Bluetooth aerial, WebCam, Bluetooth

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz

Cache Memory
800MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache

RAM
4GB DDR2

Card Reader
Yes

Hard Drive
500GB SATA II

Display
15.6" WXGA 1366x768 Resolution

Graphics Controller
nVidia GeForce 105M, 512MB

Audio Output
HD Audio

Networking
Ethernet, Faster Ethernet
Wireless NIC 802.11b, 802.11g

Input Device
Keyboard, Touchpad

Battery
6 cell standard-capacity battery

Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 / Windows 7 Upgradeable

NOTE: Gateway is now owned by Acer and they are relaunching their products in Australia

Not mentioned above but this lappie does have a HDMI port.

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  xuqi on 06/12/2009 - 17:00

  I would steer well clear of anything with a 'Gateway' logo. I'm not sure why Acer is trying to resurrect this most horrible of brands.

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    pais on 06/12/2009 - 18:33

    I would steer well clear of anything with a ‘Gateway’ logo

    Why?

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      Mikinoz on 06/12/2009 - 18:36

      The company is no longer in business ie as per xuqi acer now handles them and if you have had any of the experiences i have had with acer then you will avoid this notebook.

      Acer doesnt exactly make it better

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        pais on 06/12/2009 - 18:44

        I'm aware that Acer bought them out quite some time ago, but I was more meaning — what's your experience with them? Why are they so horrible that everyone should stray away?

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          AlexF on 06/12/2009 - 22:31

          @pais: I suspect there's nothing more wrong with Gateway (Acer), Acer, MSI, Compaq (HP), (consumer) HP, (low-end) ASUS, etc…
          Warranty period reflects manufacturer's statistical confidence in (and to consumer, the quality of) the product.
          Brand is nothing, quality is everything.

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  McMerc on 06/12/2009 - 20:24

  any comments on the specs anyone?

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  andyv88 on 06/12/2009 - 21:20

  Should really have Wireless N

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  kanewestmk2 on 06/12/2009 - 21:25

  +1

  This is pretty good value especially considering the cashback offer, 4GB ram, dvd writer, core2duo, bluetooth, discrete graphics, big hard drive…

  To those who are put off by the Gateway logo just think of it as an Acer, all the different components are sourced from a whole range of suppliers and will be shared by other manufacturers too, it's not like Gateway is some sort of computer cancer that these have come down with!

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    AlexF on 06/12/2009 - 22:43

    There's no profit for a brand to compete with its own sub-brand.
    Usually, a sub-brand is created to avoid cross-contamination - bad publicity from sub-brand won't affect other sub-brands or parent brand. (Another reason is that the sub-brand was bought-in and has some loyalty, but not in this case - the real US-based Gateway company went bust a long time ago.) (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1029855/asus-distan…)
    In this case, Gateway is the lower-end sub-brand of Acer.

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  JohnBoy on 07/12/2009 - 22:20

  I originally bought a Gateway system in 2001 and was disappointed with how they suddenly without warning pulled up stumps and slipped away into the night. Gateway abandoned its Australian customers and many other international customers to focus on its American market. Had I known they were planning this, no way I would have bought a Gateway system. Needless to say that when things went wrong with the system which it did, its servicing was atrocious, hours spent on hold to overseas support centres. Gateway then sold its professional business segment to MPC Corporation who subsequently filed for bankruptcy protection leaving Gateway business customers stranded without access to support or warranty services. Gateway is not a good, trusted brand name here and in many other countries, and it is dumb of Acer to think it is a brand worthy of salvaging. When purchasing a laptop, I always considered Acer as a producer of laptops for the budget conscious, so why would they bring out a a new range of cheaper laptops under a known brand? Is it to peddle cheaper laptops that are most likely assembled in China? To re-establish this brand is the equivalent of Hyundai bringing back the Daewoo brand to peddle cheaper Chinese made cars.

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    pais on 07/12/2009 - 23:14

    Thanks for sharing your story. I would contend that now that the brand is Acer-owned, you should not have a repeat of the same process. Exactly what went wrong with the laptop? Could someone relatively tech-savvy fix it themselves? I was genuinely considering buying (not this deal) the other Gateway deal.

    It's also noteworthy that so, so many of the products you consume/use on a day to day basis are made in China. I'm not sure if you were implying this, but "Made in China" is not necessarily synonymous with "heap of crap". Flip your keyboard over.. Look on the back of your TV.. Look at your PS3. I'm not contending that Gateway is great (the fact of the matter is, you have slightly more clue than I do in that regards), just playing the devil's advocate here.. Maybe I inferred something incorrectly from your post though.

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  JohnBoy on 08/12/2009 - 09:02

  I was exagerating to make a point. I understand Acer wants to take market share from Lenevo (As you rightly point out, most laptops are their parts are made in China) and to compete against the big 2 (Dell and HP). But I would have thought that Gateway does not have a good brand. Acer have acquired Gateway and Packard Bell as part of a strategy to increase market share, but I would think their brand name is more attractive than Gateway's. Unless the acquisition has left them with warehouses of laptops which they must shift.