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Gateway M285E Review

Gateway M285-EYou don't usually think of tablet PCs as supersized, but Gateway has never been shy about making big convertibles. The company was the first to come out with a 14inch combo years ago, and the M285E follows suit with its 14inch widescreen display and a powerful configuration.

All of the strengths and weaknesses of Gateway's design philosophy for convertibles still hold true in it latest generation. The M285-E is big, relatively fast, and rich in features. But at 6.2 pounds, no one will enjoy lugging it around.

The M285-E has power, albeit unevenly distributed. Equipped with a 2-GHz Intel Core Duo T2500 processor, it tears through just about everything you could throw at it. The 80GB SATA hard drive launches programs a bit sluggishly and the 512MB of system RAM included in our system seemed stingy compared to the rest of the hardware suite. While many midsized and smaller convertibles dispense with optical drives altogether, Gateway includes a DVD burner on this model. We were disappointed not to find a bundled DVD editing suite.

The full-sized keyboard offers good feedback and makes fine use of the wide footprint. The directional keys are offset in the bottom right for easy access. The Shift, Enter, and Backspace keys are nicely oversized. The two-button touchpad is sensitive and contoured with a right-hand ridge that segments off a section dedicated to vertical scrolling. :: LAPTOP Magazine • Gateway M285-E :: Linked by LT Hacker








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