Gateway T-6836 Video
Gateway T-6836 Video Transcript
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>> I'm Dan Ackerman, senior editor at CNET dot com and we are gonna take a look at the Gateway T-6836. Now we've been rounding up a whole bunch of back to school laptops recently. You know the retail models that you'd actually find in brick and mortar stores, the kind you just go and get right off the shelf and in the budget category that's laptops between 7 and 800 dollars; this guy was our favorite. Component wise a lot of these systems are gonna be the same. Most of them are 15 inch laptops. We kind of prefer the 14 inch size right here; it's a little bit easier to carry around from class to class. Now unlike a lot of the other laptops in that 7 to 800 dollar range, we really like the construction on the T-6836 even though it's mostly plastic, it's pretty solid, it's got some nice metal accents here around the keyboard. The CPU's the same as you'd find in pretty much any laptop in this price range, a mid line Intel Core 2 Duo, but you do get 4 gigs of RAM which is nice, and the 64 bit version of Windows Vista. So one thing you lose out on sometimes at the lower end of the budget scale is the battery life and this guy got up actually to just about 3 hours, which is pretty good for a laptop in this price range. So for solid construction, 4 gigs of RAM, and better than average battery life, this is our budget back to school choice right now. I'm Dan Ackerman and that's the Gateway T6836. [ music ]
The good: Strong performance and battery life, particularly for the price; attractive, sturdily constructed case; beautiful display that's great for video without being too reflective.
The bad: Case finish easily picks up fingerprints and smudges; shallow key travel; lousy speakers.
The bottom line: A standout among budget midsize laptops, the 14.1-inch Gateway T-6836 marries strong performance and battery life with a compact, well-designed case.
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Manufacturer: Gateway
Part number: T-6836
- Product Description
- Gateway T 6836 - Core 2 Duo T5750 2 GHz - 14.1 in TFT active matrix
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 13 in x 9.8 in x 1.3 in
- Weight
- 5.7 lbs
- Platform Technology
- Intel Centrino
- System Type
- Notebook
- Built-in Devices
- Wireless LAN antenna
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 / 2 GHz ( Dual-Core )
- Cache Memory
- 2 MB - L2 cache
- RAM
- 4 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR2 SDRAM - 667 MHz - PC2-5300 ( 2 x 2 GB )
- Card Reader
- 5 in 1 card reader
- Floppy Drive
- None
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