Gateway wasn’t the vendor to announce the biggest number of laptops with next gen Intel Centrino Duo (Santa Rosa) chips inside. But it is among the first to actually start shipping them to the buyers.
In addition to it’s 14.1″ Gateway E-265M laptop, Gateway also decided to upgrade it’s popular 15.4″ notebook line with Santa Rosa chips.
The result is Gateway E-475M 15.4″ desktop replacement notebook.
With the prices starting at $1269, Gateway E-475M notebook features:
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7100 (1.80GHz, 800MHz, 2MB L2 Cache)
- 512MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (1-512MB module)
- Chassis w/ Integrated Intel® GMA x3100 Graphics (with up to 128MB Shared Memory), Intel® 965GM Chipset
- Integrated Intel® 10/100/1000 Ethernet Adapter
- Integrated Intel® 3945 802.11a/ b/ g wireless networking
- (4) USB 2.0, VGA, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), S-Video (TV-Out)
- 15.4″ WXGA TFT Active Matrix (1280 x 800 max. resolution) display
- 60GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
- 24x CD-ROM drive
- Primary 6-Cell Lithium Ion Battery w/ 1 Yr. limited battery warranty
For additional $900 you can turn Gateway E475M into a really fast and powerful multimedia notebook with :
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.40GHz, 800MHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
- 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2-1024MB modules)
- Chassis w/ ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X2300 HD 512MB PCI Express Graphics (256MB GDDR2 Dedicated Memory with up to 512MB using HyperMemory™ Technology), Fingerprint Reader, Intel® 965PM chipset
- 15.4″ WSXGA+ TFT Active Matrix (1680 x 1050 max. resolution)
- 100GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive
- Primary 12-Cell Lithium Ion battery w/ 1 Yr. limited battery warranty (To accommodate additional cells, this battery extends beyond the end of the system)
With such an upgrade you get a good replacement for your desktop machine, with lots of screen real estate, good multimedia options, lots of battery time and enhanced portability.