Gateway NV notebook series, we say bargain

Gateway rolls out its fresh series of very bargain-like notebooks. With prices varying between $499 and $599 you get incomparably better specs than not considerably cheaper Asus Eee PC 1008HA Seashell. The confrontation is obvious, however it is still a question whether Geteway NV series is easy to leave with. But as far as I can tell, NV's design is better than the other's in this price group. NV series notebooks will be available some time soon. Specs follow.

Gateway NV5214u is what you get for $499. It has a 1366 x 768 resolution 16 : 9 HD Ultrabright LED display, 4GB Dual-channel DDR2 system memory, HDMI and VGA ports, four USB ports, 6 cell battery, 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N WiFi, 320 Gigs, built-in webcam – a lot of different stuff. The next Gateway NV5807u model for $599 has all the same except for processor – 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 versus AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-64 Dual Core with same clock speed, but we all now for what we pay here, right? As you might have already guessed, chipsets are also different. But that's not all. Gateway also equips these two models with different GPUs. Its Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (NV5214u) versus ATI Radeon HD 3200 (NV5214u). All in all enough of everything to run preinstalled Windows Vista Home Premium. Final verdict: bargain.