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  • The laptop is ok...the video is GREAT! I wondered which ports were for what and this guy answered my questions.  Thanks guy.

  • guys this is kinda urgent, the entire power button fell off my nv53, its been on for a few days on and if it turns out im afraid ill never be able to turn it on again. im really scared, but one question, when the computer is off and you hit the disc eject button, does the computer power up?

  • Lmfao I'm typing this comment on the NV53, but mine get's really hot after like after an hour of use and it becomes really slow...but I got this back on May 2010

    I'm getting rid of this piece of shit ASAP

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    Gateway Nv55c56u

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  • This computer is one of the best laptops out there

  • Do NOT get this for gaming. I didnt get it for that purpose at first but if you get it for that reason you will have to play most newer games on the lowest settings and still have to worry about very low fps.

  • hay its a great laptop nv53 for the money and my nv 53 works great

  • How's the gaming on it? Rec. for gaming? Does it run runescape, league of legends, world of warcraft, dragona, dota? Any of those anyone played on it, ifso how well does it run the game.

  • @CraynLite I play WoW on it. It's horrible, trying to get a calculator to play on, it would be better than this. You can run WoW on low settings with about 50 fps, anything higher will make you lag.

  • today

  • im using this laptop right now i got it for christmas

  • I have the same laptop and all the screws fell out of it in a 3 month period. laptop has never been drop or anything Gateway just make bad laptops

  • My cousin has the same one as this one.

  • this laptop overheats. Do not buy.

  • ive had this laptop for more than a year and the screen got a glitch. i have to put down pressure with my hand on the top right corner of the screen of the computer every time i use it or else the image burns on the screen :/ its really annoying now... any helpful tips or suggestions?

  • @addisonmoreno Well I have never had that problem. Heres some things:change the graphics card OR repair the screen cause ive never had that happen to me.

  • @addisonmoreno Maybe could you get an external screen???

  • it's a PIECE OF SHIT. have had to wipe it twice and it's back to shit a month later.. back to mac for me.

  • makes an annoying BLEEP! noise when you plug and unplug the charger

  • @hellnowhat7 it's best you take a break...

  • @JosuethdelToro a break from whaaat????

  • @hellnowhat7 using it, and keep it away from places where there's dust

  • My oldest (who's now a sophmore in college) got this (with the blue cover) as a high school graduation present, and it's still going strong over 1 1/2 yrs. later (albeit w/1 corner duct-taped).  His younger sister in high school would also like a Gateway laptop for this Christmas - but the one she wants is an AMD A6-powered one (similar specs otherwise to her brother's Gateway, but even cheaper ($379 vs. $499)).

  • i have a gateway M-series and it overheats in like 7-10 minutes of just being turned on, and i dont know if its overclocked or not. Can any one help me please?could it just be some battery problem or something else

  • This is a very good computer! Ive been downloading things for a year now and it still runs smoothly! 5/5

  • I have honey comb blue

  • I have the same laptop but in honeycomb green. I love it too! glad you like it as well....nice vid

  • I'm going to be doing a lot of java which usually runs with 300-400k memory and also use fire fox which uses 300-400k again and going to be doing a lot of word processing. Would this be a good laptop for me?

  • @WarmGentz i use firefox and it works fine

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  • does anybody know about the new social keys the one on the top right of the key board it looks like a bunch of microphones how do you activate it

  • hey does anybody know about the new social keys the one on the top right of the key board it looks like a bunch of microphones how do i activate it

  • I'm commenting on a NV53 right now. Had it for about a year and a half now. I LOVE it. Great for gaming.

  • im going to buy that

  • I have the gateway NV5922h. Have you had any over heating issues? I bought mine around 3 months ago, from the source, and it gets really hot. This has been happening for a while...it could have been this way since I got it but I'm not sure. The fan doesn't seem to be spinning very fast and I can barely feel any air coming from the vent. My friend did a fan speed test and it said it was spinning at 30%...I'm not sure if that is correct but it sure seems that way. Any way yeah :(

  • What kind of graphics card can it hold other than the one it was given?

  • The one complaint I have about this laptop is it heats up too quickly. The fan place is terrible on it and you can expect your CPU to run in the mid 80's to high mid 90's. I would strongly advise if bought to buy it along with a cooling pad, or do what I have done; put two books to raise it off the surface. Over all its a great laptop, good for mid tier gaming, work, school, movie watching and a few other things I can't remember at the moment.

  • this is my laptop, great for gaming!

  • hey bro, i have a sony vaio e and z now because to many problems with the nv53

  • wow this is a really nice laptop :D great video

    so is the front cover like glossy-smooth? (like will it leave fingerprints?) or does it have texture. please tell me cuz i wasnt sure if i heard u say it lol

  • @DeeDAsian

    Yep, I have this one, and it gets a LOT of fingerprints.

  • so IF YOU TAKE PICTURES WITH THIS LAPTOP IS LOOK GREAT BUT FOR VIDEO CHAT IT SUCK?

  • Gateway seems to be the brand for laptops that are priced at the right price for what they're worth. People, stop buying off of HP/Dell and/or Toshiba! They rip you off.

  • but did you know that gateway is a product line from acer

  • @mintkendishin Yes, they are the high end edition of Acer.

  • @ComputerTekkie Acer Is Shit.

  • same comp as mine. i love it.

  • i just bought a Gateway 15.6" AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core N660 Laptop (NV53A04H) for $399.99 it has 640 gb and 3GHz.

  • I'm watching this video on the same exact laptop your showing. I just wanted to know what other thought about it. I thought it was great. The only thing is that it comes with a graphics card not good enough to play new games like gta 4. It runs sims 3 well though. I would like to upgrade my graphics. over all good laptop.

  • Is it good for gaming, like sims 3?

  • @HiMyNameIsMaria I have the same laptop and sims 3 and it runs ok.

  • How is the camera?

  • @cheucklate It's actually fairly decent. I've made some pretty sweet pictures with Photoshop using my webcam. But the video quality on it is very disappointing. That's pretty much expected though, from a 1.3 megapixel webcam.

  • see i just orderd one with a phenom 2 at 3.0 ghz 4gddr3 320gb 520rpm all that crap and a decent ati radeon 4560 as much as i like amd athlon and turion is complete shit lol and i payed 400 for the whole thing of of tigerdirect

  • @YugiGreg i also buy 2day gateway nc53a82u same specs as u said.. hows laptop?

  • @TheKALASHAHKALA1 i like it been playing wow css and starcraft on it pretty good runs fast as well and all the features are really good

    

  • Ahh... im using this pc now to post this comment... i have had this pc for 2 1/2 years and its still running wonderfully!

  • Hey, i just bought a laptop and i wanna knoe if i has good features?

    gateway NV5922H

    15.6 inch

    4gb ram

    320 hardrive

    ti mobility readeon hd 5650 graphics card

    i3-380m processor about 2.23ghz

    for 500 bucks?

    good?

    thanks

  • @MrKoyoKen yea thats a pretty nice steal

  • I accidentally removed my mic on my laptop just like urs but how do i install it back in?

  • i need help

    my battery only last about 2:45 min on power, brightness all the way down

    on balanced only an hour

    is there any other battery out there?

  • @oshilzl No, unfortunately. They only make 6 cell batteries for Gateway NVs.

  • @ComputerTekkie your talking out of your ass when you say the touchpad is good it's one of the worst i have seen you cant press any button on the laptop when useing the pad and unresponsive other times

  • piece of shit computer. don't buy it. crashed on me as well as a lot of other people. I got the blue screen of death within two months of using it. Waste of $400

  • @thegoldenchild311 You must've bought a faulty model. I bought mine over one year ago, and I've had no hardware issues with it whatsoever.

  • @ComputerTekkie

    same here, bought mine refurbished early 2010 and aside from the horrible trackpad its been an amazingly sturdy fucking workhorse

    I leave it on nearly 24/7 seeding/DL'ing torrents at night, watching movies and light gaming (diablo 2, Warcraft 3, Starcraft, AOE 3, WOW, etc... the integrated ati 4200 can handle a lot of games surprisingly well) during the day

    I convinced a friend to buy one and he loves it too.

    I like to think that the errors some people get are their fault.

  • hey you think this is a good laptop to get

    Gateway NV55C38U 15.6" Notebook, Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor P6200 (2.13GHz), 4GB DDR3 Memory, 500GB HDD, DVD Super Multi-Drive, Intel HD Graphics, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - LX.WSG02.042 $488.58

  • @lilwill991 Dude, that sounds awesome.  It has a ton of great features for a super low price. You should definitely buy it.

  • @ComputerTekkie yea i think i will need a computer with alot of gb

  • @lilwill991 Yeah, more is good if you're into making videos.

  • Hi, I saw your video and learned a few tricks I didn't realize. Thanks.. My big PROBLEM with this computer is that Skype works very badly. Both the internal and external mics are not working properly. Skype 5.0... Do you or anyone have the same problem??

  • @erezyerushalmi Yeah, the internal mic is very low quality. What I recommend is picking up a $10-$20 microphone from a gadget store. Or you can use a Rock Band microphone like me.

  • @erezyerushalmi

    Mine has the same problem.

  • This laptop has been epic for me! I bought it months ago. The only thing is that I wish it had a backlit keyboard.

  • @ProtoPie Cool! And, yeah, that does stink about the keyboard. But, then again, we don't all have MacBooks.

  • Mine heats up too much very quickly! :S does anyone else have this problem?

  • @44rodarana Yeah, that is kind of a con with this computer. To prevent it as much as possible, make sure that the fan in the back is completely exposed to air, so that it can cool off the internal hardware. Otherwise, it may damage it or possibly ruin it.

  • I got my first one refurbished at Tiger Direct for $409 .But then I saw that BestBuy had it for $439 and I bought it instantly and I returned the refurbished back to Tiger Direct.The only problem I get is that when ever the WIFI cant access several blocked routers, the whole thing just turns black and I have to restart it.

  • hey i got the same laptop, im trying to use it for ventrillo but i cant talk. i have a built in microphone but it wont use. if anyone can help me message me back i really need help. thanks

  • I have the same. I`m trying to connect a hdmi cable to the Tv .I have the picture but not the sound on Tv. I went to control panel/sound and discovered that I don`t have hdmi icon, only spk and s/pdif. How can I get the hdmi icon in order to have the sound on Tv? Any suggestions?

    Thank you for your time!

  • @tgantcheva I don't know. I've been having the same problem. If I find out, I'll make a tutorial. :D

  • @tgantcheva yeah i have gone down that road. I tried to hook me xbox up to it and i found that its an output hdmi not and input :(

  • can this run starcraft and mid resolution?

  • @Fale83 I'm not sure. I'm not really a gamer.

  • @Fale83 i think so

  • I just bought this today! Got it as a good deal, better than other laptops at a price of $430 + tax. Love the HDMI port, the design, LED backlit display, 4GB ram.\

    I got the M320 processor that has 2.1GHz - probably the only difference. Mine is also in the blue color.

    Let's see how it treats me!

  • @IllxllI Fantastic! That laptop sounds awesome. I hope it works great for you! :D

  • Great review. After seeing this, I ordered the same one in a sapphire blue color. Thanks

  • @shanepolaski Awesome! I hope you enjoy it!

  • Nice review after seeing this video I went down and picked up the same laptop in blue and I love it.

  • @dinkydo53545 You're welcome! Thanks for checking it out! :D

  • I have had mine for a year and love it. Buying a new cooling pad for it and was wondering what other people have ? I like watching the video, it was helpful. Thanks

  • @dinkydo53545 You're very welcome! As for cooling pads, I'm not very sure. I'll have to get back to you on that one. But, this laptop isn't so hot that you need a cooling pad. The max temperature I would say it gets to is about 75-80 degrees Fahrenheit. But, that's probably because my house is so hot during the Winter. :D

  • Mine restarts all the time!!! help!!!

  • @mrsubscribe11 Huh. That's really abnormal. Take it to a computer repairman immediately. You probably have a really bad virus or a serious hardware issue.

  • i have the same laptop so fast its so cool to and i got my in blue

  • @salvatore1231 That's cool. Most people usually get it in blue or black I've noticed.

  • @ComputerTekkie but its fast 4 gb what comes thats good for a laptop

  • @ComputerTekkie but its fast 4 gb what comes thats good for a laptop i dont no how any 1 can dislike this video 

  • @salvatore1231 Yeah, me either. I wish I knew who they were, so I could ask them how I could improve this video. I don't want anybody to not like my videos if I can change them so that they like them.

  • i have the same laptop so fast its so cool to

  • thats not a good laptop bra

  • @ACrIspYCrAcK3R I beg to differ brah. It's awesome.

  • @ACrIspYCrAcK3R I meant for what i do and because i don't like AMD. I have the same laptop except it has and intel i3 which runs at 2.6 GHz and has 4 way processing but no dedicated graphic memory:( . (I meant to delete that comment lol)

  • @ACrIspYCrAcK3R Wow, that processor sounds really good. I imagine everything loads super quickly. That's cool, dude. :D

  • @ACrIspYCrAcK3R its so fast

  • i have to decide if i want this or the toshiba L665 but i just love the slick look of this Laptop and might just choose this one.

  • @ronaldbuffalo2 Great! I like that about Gateways too. They're all very sleek and thin with a ton of features.

  • Mine crashed after 9 months. For no reason -__-

  • @xLilBabyyx That's odd. I've had mine for 10 months and nothing's happened to it. Did you get a trojan in it?

  • i got it for $449 :) but by the time i bought accessories and software it was $829

  • @hoobla575757 Dang!  That's expensive. I hope all of your accessories work well for you!

  • I have 2 questions is this laptop pretty much the same as the nv55? And them what would you prefer nv55 or hp g62? Message me with answer thanks

  • @sk84life3342 Yes; I prefer the NV55 over the HP G62.

  • I'm on it right now! I have no complaints!

  • @MrQwerty747 Cool! I'm glad this video helped you make your decision! :D

  • @bigballenmarv89 Sweet! I'm glad it works great for you! :D

  • Hey, I just ordered this laptop online

    a BUNCH of people are saying thats its not good and breaks easily

    Is this true?

  • @oshilzl No, that's not true. It works very well for me. Most of the people who claim that usually do stupid things with it, such as dropping it, letting it get too hot without exposing the vents to the air, or something they're not supposed to. I wouldn't worry about them.

  • @ComputerTekkie Ok thanks alot!!!

  • Does this machine support Virtual Machine? The Bios will say VM enable or disable if it does.

  • @matrox I'm not sure. Actually I've never heard of VM, LOL. I'm not really a gamer, but I can say this laptop works really well with most software. So, my answer to your question is an indefinite yes...

  • nice review :D

  • @bmora0190 Thank you! :D

  • Great lap top. But I just got a Virus and I cannot get online. I can still upload photos and files and listen to music on itunes. However, I cannot access itunes to purchase music.

    Do you guys have any input on this. Please help.

  • @1CRU1 Well, because your internet is disabled, you can't download any free anti virus software, so I guess you'll have to buy software at Walmart or a computter store. Walmart sells the full version of AVG for $40, and it also includes internet security (Spam filters, anti-phishing, E-Mail scanners, etc.). I recommend you buy that software. Otherwise you should take it to a computer repairman. They all have secret ways to get rid of viruses, LOL. :D

  • strange.. i have the same laptop, same processer but the harddrive is only 250 gb :/

  • @GARRETTMARTIN67MAIN Yeah, NVs have all kinds of packages, including the package with a 250 GB Hard drive.

  • i have it and its really nice.

  • @golfstud22ful That sounds awesome! I hope it helps you with whatever you need!

  • My only issue is is the right side of the touch pad......very touchy and still no idea exactly what it does ;-?

  • @reservoirdog60 Oh, if you stroke your finger along the right border of the touch pad, you scroll down the page on your internet browser.

  • I'm on the laptop right now and when I press the touch sensitive mute button the sound mutes but the light doesn't turn on. Please help :(

  • @TheSkyWhale Hmm. That's odd. Although, if it does work, a light doesn't really make a difference- it just makes it look awesome. If the light isn't working, you should show it to a computer repairman, and see if there isn't a loose wire or something. Or he may even give you a new lightbulb to go inside.

  • Gateway sucks!

  • I'm gonna get the NV5387u, with 4GB Ram, HD4200 IGP, 2.4GHz CPU and 320GB hard-drive. All running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

  • @thejonjon Sounds like a sweet laptop, dude. That's a great CPU, a ton of memory, a huge hard drive, and an awesome display. I hope it works for everything you need and more!

  • @ComputerTekkie Me too, haha.

  • @thejonjon :D

  • @ComputerTekkie but whats the price

  • omg how do you turn off that loud charger beep ugh

  • @gilpp10 Yeah, I know. It's really annoying. However, I don't think there is a way to shut that off. If I find a way, I'll definitely let you know.

  • @ComputerTekkie Actually you just have to mute your whole computer to actually turn off that sound. Im actually using it and its a great heads up if your in class taking notes and some drop out steps on your power cord.

  • @Monkeyrapper5 Thanks for letting me know. I just realized that, LOL. It's too bad that it won't stay off while the sound is on, though. Oh, well. :/

  • @ComputerTekkie Its no problem, Im actually looking in to it on how to mod my Pc abit to fix a couple delema's like the touch strip of the sound not responding and my touchpad having in and outs. (:

  • @gilpp10 click sound icon> then click the other speaker>then go to levels> then mute the pc speaker.

  • @litdan omg i love uuuuuuu

  • @gilpp10 ily 2 :D

  • does it have bluetooth?

  • @myroncc3 I don't think so. It has a Bluetooth Icon, but I've heard that that means nothing, and that this laptop actually doesn't have Bluetooth. So...yeah.

  • im watching this on my gateway nv53 right now

  • @chaosChosen567 Awesome! And thank you very much! :)

  • I have a problem with my gateway laptop nv53

    and I have a problem with my display it keeps automatically resizing itself from

    1366 x 78 to 640 x 480. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

  • @redwoodresidence No clue. That's very strange. I would take it to a computer repairman and see if your monitor is faulty.

  • @redwoodresidence update your video drivers

  • @devinrovell how do I do that?

  • i have this laptop i i absolutely LOVE it its amazing

  • @tritton720sAREgood Cool! I'm glad you like it!

  • i should also say that mine is the nv53a, idk if the a has anything to do with it but i would really appreciate the help

  • @juanbtf That really doesn't make a difference, but it might for a computer repairman or for Gateway.

  • i have a problem with mine maybe someone can help me out? my volume keys to turn up down or mute the volume arent working, they are now working as the pg up pg dn or end and home keys, i just got it a week ago and idk how to fix it. someone please help me get em back to use them as volume. thanks :)

  • @juanbtf I really don't know, man. That's really strange. I would first call Gateway, and see if they can't tell you how to fix it through the phone. Then, if they won't help you, take it to a local computer repairman. There may be something wrong with the hardware inside the computer.

  • the touchpad is a tad sensitive.. and I would also say the screenie comes loose rather easily.. I have this laptop too and it is indeed really good I'm pleased with it those are just two things that bother me about this laptop xD

  • @Genababiina Yeah, but you can use a mouse if the touchpad is bothering you. All you need to do is deactivate the touchpad and your mouse should work just fine.

  • best buy FTW

  • @jagjagin Yup. 

  • Just got this laptop, liking it. Especially for the price, you really can't beat that. (Not right now anyway)

  • @Murkeddd Oh, yeah, I know. That's why I bought it! :)

  • thanks man might by it :)

  • @MultiMlopez Awesome! :D

  • I just bought one 2months ago.. I really like the gateway laptop i have a NVseries just like in the video but mines blue.. It has a reasonable price and a powerful specs, but the Dvdrom only plays original Cds and software though.. well anyways all in all for me gateway is nice.. :)