Gateway EC14D07u

Gateway EC14D07u has the same 1.3-GHz Intel Pentium SU4100 ULV processor as the EC1430u we reviewed last year, along with a similar 5,400-rpm, 320GB hard drive. This score is also below what the Lenovo IdeaPad U150 (2,773) and the Aspire Timeline 1810T (2,938) turned in, but higher than the Dell Inspiron 11z (2,442) and Aspire 1410 (2,475).
Overall, this laptop proved plenty responsive in our day-to-day use, easily juggling multiple open browser tabs in Google Chrome. It also opened apps fairly quickly; WordPad and Adobe Reader 9 popped up in 2 and 6 seconds, respectively. The hard drive booted up the 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium operating system in a relatively sluggish 1 minute and 8 seconds. The EC14D07u completed the LAPTOP Transfer Test—in which we copy a 4.97GB folder of mixed media files—in 4 minutes and 18 seconds, for a transfer rate of 19.7 MBps. That’s slower than the 21.2 MBps category average, as well as the 22.2 MBps score of the EC1430u.

Gateway EC14D07u Specifications

CPU
1.3-GHz Intel Pentium SU4100
Operating System MS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
RAM
4GB
RAM Upgradable to
4GB
Hard Drive Size
320GB
Hard Drive Speed
5,400rpm
Hard Drive Type
SATA Hard Drive
Display Size
11.6
Native Resolution
1366x768
Optical Drive
DVD+R DL
Optical Drive Speed
8X
Graphics Card
Intel GMA 4500MHD
Video Memory
Shared
Wi-Fi
802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth

Mobile Broadband

Ports (excluding USB)
Ethernet; HDMI; Headphone; Microphone; VGA
USB Ports
3
Card Slots
5-1 card reader
Warranty/Support
Size 11.5 x 8.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight 3.6 pounds

Gateway EC14D07u