Gateway NV55S05u

Gateway NV55S05u pairs 6GB of RAM with a 1.5-GHz AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M APU--one of AMD's new Fusion processors that combines the CPU and GPU onto a single chip. However, this notebook's score of 4,377 on PCMark Vantage was well below the 5,631 mainstream category average, and it was also bested by the HP Pavilion g6x (5,384; 2.53-GHz Intel Core 13-380M processor, 4GB of RAM) as well as the Lenovo G570 (6,291; 2.3-GHz Core i5-2410M processor, 4GB of RAM).
The Gateway booted Windows 7 Home Premium in a zippy 48 seconds, which beat the gx6's sluggish 74 seconds and the category average (65 seconds). It took the NV55S05u's 640GB, 5,400-rpm hard drive 3 minutes and 59 seconds to duplicate 4.97GB of mixed-media files, which translates to a rate of 21.3 MBps, failing to meet the 27.9MBps average. The G570 and the g6x's 500GB, 5,400-rpm hard drives also failed to match the average, but they posted higher rates of 23.4 and 24.8 MBps, respectively.

Gateway NV55S05u Specifications
CPU
1.5GHz AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M Accelerated Processor
Operating System MS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
RAM
6GB
RAM Upgradable to
8GB
Hard Drive Size
640GB
Hard Drive Speed
5,400rpm
Hard Drive Type
SATA Hard Drive
Display Size
15.6
Native Resolution
1366x768
Optical Drive
DVD /- RW
Optical Drive Speed
8X
Graphics Card
AMD Radeon HD 6620G Graphics
Video Memory
512MB
Wi-Fi
802.11b/g/n
Wi-Fi Model
Bluetooth
Mobile Broadband
Touchpad Size 3.4 x 1.75
Ports (excluding USB)
Ethernet; HDMI; Headphone; Kensington Lock; Microphone; VGA
USB Ports
3
Card Slots
4-1 card reader
Warranty/Support 1 Year Parts and Labor
Size 15 x 9.9 x .99 - 1.3-inches
Weight 5.6 lbs.

Gateway NV55S05u