Gateway M-6824 notebook?

Laurence wrote on 12/3/2007, 3:30 PM

I saw a Gateway M-6824 notebook for a little over a grand USD at a local store today and boy am I tempted to buy it:

3 GB memory, HDMI output, 1.3 megapixel webcam, 260 GB, T5250 Intel Core 2 Duo, 5400RPM SATA drive, etc. It seems pretty incredible for the price. Anybody have any insight on this notebook or maybe something they think might be a better deal

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jbolley wrote on 12/4/2007, 8:52 AM

I got my gateway refurb here:

http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/Category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=17&name=Laptops-Notebooks

lots of options :)

Jesse

fultro wrote on 12/4/2007, 8:57 PM

I have the MT-6821 with a similiar configuration. So far I am quite impressed. But I recommend you find a way to install XP. This requires finding drivers for all your hardware. Gateway will not help you with this. If you are not confident - find some techie to help you. Otherwise you will have a seriously bloated Vista system which I found was eating up 5-10% CPU doing absolutely nothing useful no matter how much I tried to tame it - nasty. But seriously I found it worth the effort.
And jbolley, who responded previously, steered me to the Focusrite Saffire Firewire series audio interface, which is the one card that I could get to work with the Gateway - highly recommended...
thanks jbolley if you are tuned in......