The notebook lineup currently consists of just two models, the 12.1in . NO20 and the 15.4inches NO50 which we are looking at today. But from the moment we clapped eyes on it, there’s something incredibly familiar about the NO50. Something we weren’t able to quite put our finger upon.
Specific features
Battery life 5 hours with gateway mx8700 battery
Battery technology Li ion
Wireless bluetooth
Dimensions WxDxH 306 x 227 x 36 mm
Display Size 15.4inch
Features Webcam
Harddrive capacity 250 GIGABYTE
I/O ports VGA, DIGITAL VIDEO INTERACTIVE,gateway as10h75 battery, 4x UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS, mini-FireWire, 802.11bgn WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK, Ethernet, 5-in-1 Card reader
Infrared data port
Internal memory 4096 MEGABYTES
Optical Drive DVD-Writer
Processor clock speed 1660 Megahertz
Type Office Laptop
Weight 3.080 kg
It is really not perfect by any means, though, and the mix of huge hands and the slightly squat keys was less than ideal. Smaller fingers will have scant problem, but set it against the very best business laptops, such as Lenovo’s superb T500, and the indistinct key action and somewhat spongy feel leave it lagging behind.
The favorite business notebook computer combination of a trackpad and trackpoint is a great deal more good, though,gateway nv50a battery and the presence of a finger print reader nestling between the two trackpad buttons is a welcome one.
Gaze upwards and, while the screen’s 15.4in . diagonal is nothing to write home about, the generous 1,680 x 1,050 resolution is more noteworthy. But while this leaves no shortage of desktop space, image quality seriously isn’t stellar, with cool colour reproduction leaving images tainted with a blueish cast. Viewing angles are a touch narrow, too. It really is still plenty sufficient for screen-hungry office work such as working with significant spreadsheets, but colour-critical work is out of the question.
Performance
One area where the NO50 certainly doesn’t disappoint is performance. It can be available with a variety of Intel processors ranging from 2GHz right up to 2.8Gigahertz, and our review model came with a sprightly 2.66Gigahertz T9550 processor along with 4GIGABYTE of DDR3 memory and a 250GIGABYTE harddrive. It is just a winsome combination, too, racking up a breathtaking 1.41 in our benchmarks.
Dedicated graphics also make an appearance courtesy of ATI’s Radeon HD 3470 chipset, although those more interested in making the most of their budget will be glad to hear that Gateway will also be offering the NO50 with Intel’s GMA X4500 integrated graphics chipset.
With a big, 9-cell battery jutting from its rear, we’d have hoped that the NO50 can have wowed us with its stamina but it is not to be. The power-sapping demands of the fast processor chip and dedicated graphics chipset left the Gateway dashing back to the mains after just 4hrs 48mins gateway nv79 battery.
The NO50 isn’t actually found lacking when it comes to connectivity. There may be the usual array of networking technologies consisting of 802.11bg+draft-n wireless, gigabit Ethernet and Bluetooth, while peering around the NO50′s edges reveals four UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS ports, VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY and DIGITAL VIDEO INTERACTIVE outputs and a card reader to boot.