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Gateway® MX8520 Notebook new gateway 8510gz but no improvements?

post #1 of 6
9/25/05 at 1:50pm
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hERE IS THE new model of the 8510gz but how come i dont see any improvements? i was waiting for the ati 128mb or nvidia graphics card : ( hopefully the sound is improved because the 8510gz was terrible! If the sound was better i would have snatched it for 1199 last week at bb. But looks like i maybe have to order one of these at the gateway site with otto. I have one with the 6800 nvidia config. around 1800 with 3 year warranty + the 2.13 ghz processor... decisions decisions lol



Gateway® MX8520 Notebook

MSRP: $1,449.99


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Software Included:
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP21
• Productivity Software
- Microsoft® Works 8.01
- Microsoft® Office 2003 Trial (30-day complimentary trial)
- Microsoft® Money 2005
- Microsoft® Encarta Online
- Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7
• Digital Media Software
- CyberLink® PowerDVD
- Nero 6 Suite
- Microsoft® Windows Media Player 10
- Digital Image Starter Edition 2006
(with 60-day Digital Image Standard 2006 Trial)
- RealNetworks RealPlayer®
- Napster 3.0 (30-day complimentary trial)2
- Quicktime
• Connectivity / Utilities
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer
- AOL 9.0 (6 months membership included)3
- Google Toolbar

• Gateway Internet Security Shield
- Norton Internet Security™ 2005 (90-day complimentary trial)4
- McAfee Anti-Spyware 2005 (30-day complimentary trial)5
- Gateway BigFix® – Identifies and resolves problems that
affect the system before they occur6 Specifications
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP21
Processor
Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology with Intel® Pentium® M Processor 7407
(2MB L2 Cache | 1.73GHz | 533MHz FSB)
Chipset
Intel® 915PM
Screen
17" Widescreen Ultrabright WXGA TFT
Memory
512MB DDR2 (2 x 256MB) Dual Channel Memory
Expandable to 2GB
Video
ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X700
64MB video memory
Audio
AC’97 2.3 Compliant Audio
Built-in Speakers
Hard Drive
100GB HDD (4200RPM) 8
Optical Drive
DVD±RW Multi-Format Double Layer
Write max: 8x DVD +/-R, 4x DVD +/- RW, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 24x CD-R and 10x CD-RW disks
Reads max: 8x DVD-ROM Disks, 8x DL/+RW
24x CD-ROM disks

Media Reader
4-in-1 Digital Media Manager
MultiMediaCard (MMC); Secure Digital (SD); Memory Stick (MS); Memory Stick Pro
Modem
56K ITU V.92 ready Fax/Modem
Network
Intel® PRO/Wireless 802.11g integrated wireless
10/100/1000 Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
Pointing Device
Touchpad with Vertical Scroll Zone
PCMCIA
1 - Type I or Type II; Card Bus
Interfaces
4 - USB 2.0 Ports
1 - VGA External Connector
1 - IEEE 1394 port
1 - S-Video
1 - RJ11
1 - RJ45
Integrated Mic
Microphone In
Headphone / Audio Out
Advanced Port Replicator Port
Battery
8-cell Lithium-ion
Dimensions
1.42" H x 16.06" W x 10.89" D 9
Weight
7.86 lbs.9
Warranty
1 year parts and labor10
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post #2 of 6
9/25/05 at 6:22pm
Where did you see this? My search on Google for the 8520 turns up nothing...
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post #3 of 6
9/25/05 at 7:18pm
Thread Starter 
Gateway website at the retail link in the front page
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post #4 of 6
9/26/05 at 1:12am
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Originally Posted by Bryan'sM505x
Gateway website at the retail link in the front page
Yeah, okay, I see it.

This is NOT a good deal...

It only has 64MB of dedicated VRAM and has the slower 4200RPM hard disk.

Tony
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post #5 of 6
10/2/05 at 6:16pm
Yep...my 8510GZ has a 5400RPM hard drive...so it's faster than this newer rendition.
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post #6 of 6
10/4/05 at 11:28am
Gateway probably figures most people whom shop at best buy are computer illiterate.

They figure the general public might know what a hardrive is and that 100 gig is good (they wont list on the spec sheet that its 4200rpm and even if they did most people wouldnt know what it meant anyways).

Then they have the video card; see they can still use the cool x700 sticker on the laptop and the best buy employees can still say this is the best videocard we have here for laptops in the store.

So its all about saving the $ and those not informed; I'm not ragging on gateway persay. I mean hey its smart business practice to increase profits even at the expense of the consumer. Problem is it might piss off people whom are computer literate and hurt them in the long run

anyways thats pretty interesting to have the same computer with less specs but the same price; you would think they would have better specs.
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