Wired: Review – Gateway ID49C07u Laptop
It boasts solid performance, modern styling and it’s fairly slim and light, but the graphics and keypad/touchpad on this 14-inch-screen laptop aren’t the best.
“Dashing good looks and cutting-edge performance don’t have to come at a steep price, and for scholars heading back to school this fall, there’s only a handful of machines that strike this trifecta.
And Gateway’s ID series — embodied here in its ID49C07u — has all three. Specs include an Intel Core i3 at 2.26 GHz, 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500-GB hard drive. Performance is impressive for a sub-$1,000 unit. While gaming chops are basically nonexistent, general app performance is on par with machines that cost twice as much. There’s no Blu-ray on this unit — and only Intel’s integrated HD graphics — but those are trade-offs worth the uber-affordable $680 price tag.”