A Jesuit uberGeek Thanksgiving! - 'gadget' 130 - Gateway EC14 "The UnNetbook"

http://www.thetechstop.net/?page_id=3272

So... you like the size and price of a netbook, but you're not overly thrilled by its anemic power and surprisingly short battery life. -- You're not alone... Though the netbook craze has been a collection of some great, not-so-great, and downright ugly design, there have emerged a few universally felt notions about netbooks: First, they're good for word processing, websurfing and email... but not much else. Second, for such small computers, they're 3-4 hours of battery life is a puzzlement.

Well Gateway might have something for those who look at netbooks and say, 'meh.'. Their new EC1400 series of notebooks has the size, weight, style and price of a netbook, but the power of a notebook. With a 11.6" screen, 3GB of memory, dual-core CPU, 320GB hard drive and an incredible 8-hour battery life, this might be the cure for your netbook blues.

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Category:

Science & Technology

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• Gateway
• netbook
• macbook
• laptop
• notebook
• EC
• intel
• su4100
• portable
• LCD
• LED

[NeverShoutJoyce]

Can you really use this netbook for editing softwares such as Photoshop? I really need to know because I'm in search for a netbook like this.

[gadgettts]

@NeverShoutJoyce,

Absolutely. I'm STILL using this laptop over a year later and it handles not just Photoshop, but also Premier Pro CS5. (It will even edit AVCHD files ... slowly.)

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[bibby42]

that review was the best review i have seen for a netbook/ laptop/ notebook. amazing job my friend.

[gadgettts]

bibby42,

Many thanks! -- Keep watching and we'll keep bringing you the coolest gadgets we can find.

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[killingfield1975]

gadgettts,

I bought one! I been searching for a while for something like this. I wanted something netbook size but packed with a little more power. I am very surprised how fast this little proc can chug along.

I also want to include that I used pcdecrapifier to remove all the unwanted crapware that was included.

i'll be dual booting Win7 and Linux on this system.

By the way did Gateway allow you to keep the reviewed EC1430u in your video? I hope they did = )

Thanks x10000

[gadgettts]

killingfield1975,

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Glad you like it. It really is quite a sweet little machine. Sometimes I wish it had a discrete GPU, but then that would have shortened the phenomenal battery time.

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Like you, the first thing I do when I get ANY new PC is to remove all the preinstalled software. I don't mention it because it's a common thing to ALL computers we review.

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In any case, enjoy and thanks for watching. (Gateway didn't let us keep it... but I bought one for personal use!)

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[sweetplumpy]

wait! is the Gateway® EC1437u a netbook ?!?!

i mean can u use Photoshop and Word and Aim and things on it ??

[ratherpuzzling]

great review. thanks.

[samivanlim]

awesome review!!!! honestly awesome review! i finally found a perfect ultraportable laptop.

[gadgettts]

Magnetorhelogical,

I asked... we'll see if they deliver.

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[gadgettts]

killingfield1975,

Absolutely... it uses a standard 2.5" SATA drive. As long as your SSD fits that form factory, you're good to go!

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[AKJeeper]

Thanks for the review. This UnNetbook seems to fit the bill quite nicely, and I'll be buying one. Glad to see someone doing a proper review! :)