Gateway NV7901u

Gateway NV7901u, this version of the 17-inch NV, the 7901u, has a 2.26-GHz Intel Core i5-430M CPU, 4GB of RAM (upgradable to 8GB), and a 500GB 5,400 rpm hard drive. Together, these components managed a score of 5,814 in PCMark Vantage, a Windows benchmark, which is well above the desktop replacement category average of 4,851. It’s good for the price, too; the Toshiba Satellite P505-S8010, which costs $949 but has a slower 2.13-GHz Intel Core i3 CPU, notched 4,997 on the same test.
However, the Gateway NV’s 500GB hard drive transferred a 4.97GB mixed media file at a rate of 21 MBps, while the average desktop replacement does so at a much faster rate of 30.7 MBps. The hard drive also booted in a slow 75 seconds (the average Windows 7 notebook of any size takes one minute).
When it came to more heavy-duty computing, the NV7901u converted a 114-MB MP4 clip to AVI in 56 seconds, something the average desktop replacement takes 1:09 to complete.

Gateway NV7901u Specifications
CPU
2.26-GHz Intel Core i5-430M
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
RAM
4GB
RAM Upgradable to
8GB
Hard Drive Size
500GB
Hard Drive Speed
5,400rpm
Hard Drive Type
SATA Hard Drive
Display Size
17.3
Native Resolution
1600x900
Optical Drive
DVD+/-RW/+R DL
Optical Drive Speed
8X
Graphics Card
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Video Memory
512MB
Wi-Fi
802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
Mobile Broadband
Ports (excluding USB)
Ethernet; HDMI; Headphone; Microphone; Modem; VGA
USB Ports
4
Card Slots
5-1 card reader
Warranty/Support 16.2 x 11.0 x 1.0-1.4 inches
Size 7 pounds
Weight One-year parts-and-labor/24/7 toll-free phone

Gateway NV7901u