A Core i3 processor, Blu-ray drive, and 320GB hard drive for $629.99 — does the Gateway NV5933u really need more of an introduction than that? We didn’t think so, since that’s all it took for us to track down the budget multimedia 15.6-inch laptop and get it into our eager hands. For a budget system it sure has the specs to carry it on home, but after the dog has barked at the mailman and you’ve gotten it out of the box, how is it in actual everyday use? You know where to find out.

Gateway’s introducing two new gaming desktops to its FX line today, and you’d be forgiven for not being able to tell the difference right away. In fact, the lower-end model is essentially the same rig—but $400 cheaper. Let’s go to the tape: both run on Core i7 -860 processors. Both house ATI Radeon HD5850 graphics. Both come with a 1.5TB SATA hard drive, a DVD drive, and WIndows Home 7 Premium. Both have the same impressive array of ports and 7.1 channel audio support

Gateway’s introducing two new Core i7 gaming desktops today, and you’d be forgiven for not being able to tell them apart at first glance. The lower-end model is essentially the same rig—but $400 less than its $1700 counterpart. Let’s go to the tape: both run on Core i7-860 processors. Both house ATI Radeon HD5850 graphics. Both come with a 1.5TB SATA hard drive, a DVD drive, and WIndows Home 7 Premium

Gateway isn’t daring to call its ED14D a netbook — probably because of that built-in DVD optical drive — but there’s nothing outside of that to prove that it’s anything more. That said, it’s easily one of the most intriguing 11.6-inch machines out there, and while it’s not slated to ship for a few more days still, the crew over at Notebook Italia has managed to get their hands on one. Hit up the Source link if you’ve never seen a netbook with an optical drive before, and then hit this link while asking yourself where you were in January of 2009. Gateway’s DVD-playin’ EC14D netbook spotted in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

Gateway isn’t daring to call its ED14D a netbook — probably because of that built-in DVD optical drive — but there’s nothing outside of that to prove that it’s anything more. That said, it’s easily one of the most intriguing 11.6-inch machines out there, and while it’s not slated to ship for a few more days still, the crew over at Notebook Italia has managed to get their hands on one. Hit up the Source link if you’ve never seen a netbook with an optical drive before, and then hit this link while asking yourself where you were in January of 2009. Gateway’s DVD-playin’ EC14D netbook spotted in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:01:00 EST.

Gateway isn’t daring to call its ED14D a netbook — probably because of that built-in DVD optical drive — but there’s nothing outside of that to prove that it’s anything more. That said, it’s easily one of the most intriguing 11.6-inch machines out there, and while it’s not slated to ship for a few more days still, the crew over at Notebook Italia has managed to get their hands on one. Hit up the Source link if you’ve never seen a netbook with an optical drive before, and then hit this link while asking yourself where you were in January of 2009. Gateway’s DVD-playin’ EC14D netbook spotted in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:01:00 EST.

Ultraportables and netbooks with an optical drive are a rare breed . But Gateway did manage to cram a DVD drive into their 11.6-inch EC14D while keeping the overall weight at about 3.5 pounds. Beside the optical drive, the EC14D features a 1.3GHz Intel Ultra Low Voltage processor, 320GB HDD, up to 8GB of RAM, HDMI port, webcam, card reader and Windows 7 Home Premium for $630. It’s not as cheap and small as a netbook, but I think ultraportables like this one offer a better balance of functionality and portability. Expect to see it on store shelves starting this month. Gateway EC Series of Ultraportables Gets New Model with Integrated DVD Stylish and Slim, the Gateway EC14D is an Ultraportable Entertainer; New Gateway EC58 Models Are Sleek and Slim with an Impressive 15.6-inch Display IRVINE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The new Gateway EC Series ultraportable notebook PC line is expanded today with new EC14D configurations that include an integrated DVD drive – a feature that is rarely found on compact notebooks with an 11.6-inch widescreen display.

And just like that, the CES 2010 on-switch has been well and truly pressed. After HP , Sony and Lenovo all exposed their hardware to the world prematurely, it was inevitable that other companies would “accidentally” follow suit. Thanks to CNET ’s snooping, we’re now staring at a trio of new Core i3 models from Dell, Toshiba and Gateway — highlighted by an unannounced ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 powering a 1600 x 900 15-inch display on the Gateway, which also squeezes 500GB of storage under a shockingly low $692 price tag. On the Atom front, the Mini 210 is joined by a Toshiba NB305 — sporting the N450, 250GB HDD, up to 11 hours’ claimed battery life, and a $438 sticker — as well as Gateway’s effort with a smaller 160GB HDD but also suitably reduced $285 asking price. Hit the links below to get freshened up on all the juicy details. Read - FutureShop.ca (Gateway NV5905H) Read - FutureShop.ca (Toshiba Satellite L500-00F) Read - Costco (Dell Inspiron 15) Read - FutureShop.ca (Gateway LT2102H) Read - FutureShop.ca (Toshiba NB305-00F) Dell, Toshiba and Gateway Core i3 laptops get revealed early, joined by Pine Trail netbooks originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:08:00 EST.

With the Lenovo laptop/netbook CES leak still fresh in our minds, let us consider Toshiba and Gateway this afternoon, and the netbooks we now know they’ll be bringing to the show as well: The netbooks in question here are all based on Intel’s N450 “Pine Trail” chip, reports CNET, and were first spotted at Canadian retailer Future Shop. Both are similar in configuration, but not price, with Gateway weighing in at about $285, and the Toshiba at $438. Both models will come standard with 1.66GHz Atom processors, 160GB or 250GB hard disk drives (Gateway and Toshiba, respectively), 10.1-inch screens, 1GB of memory, and Intel’s GMA 3150 Express graphics chip. [ CNET ]

Nine years ago, as a young tech reporter at Time Magazine, I co-wrote a buyer’s guide with the latest and greatest gear known to man. Today, it sounds ridiculous. • Creative’s $500 Nomad Jukebox (pictured above), was not only “sleek”—at least when compared to a CD Walkman—but “can hold as much music as 150 CDs.” • The Extiva was a $350 DVD player from Samsung with the Nuon chip, so “you can also play videogames.” Not sure which videogames we were referring to there. • Our pick for digital camera was Nikon’s twisty CoolPix 990, 3 million pixels for 1 thousand dollars. • Gateway laptop with 12.1-in. display, 550MHz chip and a year of free AOL was “a great deal” at $1300