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Gateway 450X   (from PC World)

Under its simple silver-and-gray case, the latest version of the Gateway 450X is a thoroughbred (Vollblut). From performance to features to design, we found little to criticize in this 1.7-GHz/600-MHz Pentium M-equipped portable.

Our review machine's fast and energy-saving mobile chip, the latest from Intel, helped it earn a “PC WorldBench 4” performance score of 125, slightly faster than the average 1.6-GHz Pentium M-equipped notebook we've tested.

Battery life is also impressive: just a minute shy of 5 hours in our tests. The large T-shaped battery power pack pops easily out of the bottom of the notebook. A $20 upgrade buys you a high-capacity battery for an even longer run time.

With its 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 chip, a screen size of 15.1 inches and a 1280x1024 SXGA resolution the unit provides excellent graphics features.

The 450X offers not only currently common connections such as a modem and a port for microphone and speakers, but also the older parallel, serial, and PS/2 ports. It also includes dual PC Card slots, which is especially unusual in new notebooks. A composite TV-out port, a FireWire port, and two USB ports round out the connections.

The 450X's modular bay lets you expand the notebook's capabilities in several different ways. In place of the optical drive (a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combination in our unit) you can swap in a secondary battery ($79 extra) for working far beyond 5 hours in one sitting. Also available: a secondary 40GB hard drive ($150), a DVD-R/RW drive ($250 at time of purchase). The hard drive and memory should be easy to upgrade; the former is held in by one bottom screw and slides out of the front of the notebook by its end cover, and the latter resides under a bottom panel held in by another screw. Buying the notebook's 512MB of RAM on one module so as to leave a RAM slot open costs a reasonable $50 more (ours came on two).

The light-gray not particularly ergonomic keyboard is flat, but it's easy to type on and has big, square mouse buttons. The built-in stereo speakers are rather loud for a notebook, and the quality isn't bad.

We received one of Gateway's printed user manuals, an item the company is phasing out. That's a shame because Gateway's manuals have been thick and comprehensive. As of October, the notebook will come bundled only with a less convenient, PDF-based manual.

 

 
 

1. True or False           (8)                                                                                                

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1.        The unit’s CPU is late and therefore only faster than the average.

 

 

2.        A high-capacity battery is included for longer runtime.

 

 

3.        This notebook provides the best graphics features available.

 

 

4.        The 450X offers the currently common connections, which is unusual.

 

 

5.        This laptop can be connected to a TV.

 

 

6.        A DVD-R/RW drive is included.

 

 

7.        A 512MB module is available for a rather low amount of money.

 

 

8.        In the future no manuals will be available any longer.

 

 

 

2. Questions (don’t copy from the text!!!) (8)

a.       How can you extend the run time ? (2 pieces of info) 3credits

b.       Name two input and two output devices of this notebook (complete sentence). (3 credits)

c.       How can you get more than 512MB of RAM? (3 credits)

 

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