Customer Reviews:
 Love my new laptop March 15, 2010
Melissa "G" (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this a couple of months ago and i have to say that i love it. It's fast and easy to use. It was between this and an hp with the exact same specs but the hp was $100 more. Anyone that i've spoken to that has a gateway laptop have had no complaints. I'm really happy with my purchase and if all continues to go well, my next laptop will also be a gateway.
Very Nice Quality and Features March 6, 2010
Marcia White (NotQuiteMayberry, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First, a clarification. The Amazon web page says it's a NV5435u and if you read down further, it says the model is NV5423u. The 5435 model is the blue cover version while the 5423 has a cherry red cover; that's the difference - the product specs are the same otherwise as far as I can tell. I needed a new laptop with a bigger screen and when first searching, I thought I should be able to find a 15" screen or so at a lower price, considering how PC prices have dropped over time. That didn't pan out, I ended up in the $450+ price range. I chose this one as it offers a nice 15.6" widescreen, has alot of RAM and disk space and another feature I wanted was the HDMI-out connection so I can plug this directly into my HDTV.
Once I got the laptop, I was very pleasantly surprised with the crispness of the display as compared to my Toshiba Satellite that's a few years old and also to my IBM Thinkpad from the office. This Gateway screen at the default resolution has the sharpness you get with high-definition TV. The difference in the display quality is very obvious - and I used to think my other laptops had very nice screen quality, but now they pale in comparison. Speaker quality is very good. I also like the keyboard, it's crisp, does not have that cheap feel to it and contains a numeric keypad, which I like. My other laptops have Windows XP Pro, which I like and I'm always skeptical about the need for Microsoft to develop a new operating system, but the Windows 7 on here is quick to boot up and is user friendly. The messages that pop up are a bit more straightforward and complete.
The Gateway Games console is installed on it with a number of Wild Tangent games. It was disappointing to find that my Trend Micro Internet Security software found the Cryp_Mangled virus in about 100 of the files related to these games. I got rid of all of the games in the console, even the few that didn't come up with a virus. Internet research indicated Wild Tangent has said that there's just some code in some files that looks like a virus, but isn't - other info on the internet says Wild Tangent is spyware. To be on the safe side, I got rid of it all , rescanned and the PC is fine. Gateway would be best off not pre-loading this on their machines. It sounds like a number of computer manufacturers preload this particular game package on their machines. Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase and highly recommend this impressive laptop.
Best bang for the buck laptop December 17, 2009
Dustin L. Sawyer (Virginia Beach, VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My last Gateway laptop was great, so I replaced it with this one. I'm very happy with almost everything about it. It's the cheapest laptop with 4 gigs of ram, high def capability, number pad, N wireless, and an LED-LCD screen. These specs cost $260 more at most places. My only small gripes are with a shared memory video card (but it's 1024mb), the mouse pad buttons are hard to get used to, and typing is more difficult because the number pad is integrated into the keyboard. I love the function buttons above the keyboard, but didn't realize they were buttons at first, and the awesome mouse pad. I have recommended this laptop to a lot of my friends and will continue to do so.
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