Dad and I went to costco today looking for a notebook. Our neighbor made the mistake of saying he can never beat Costco prices, therefore my dad wont go anywhere else. Anyway, he got the floor model of the Gateway 200XL---1.6M 512, 14.1 XGA. Thats about all this thing has. Its nice, I am on it right now. However, I read that it gets bad battery, only 2 hours. I have just charged the battery full and checked it and it said time remaining was 2 hours and 14 minutes. Whats that about with a centrino? If I were to get one myself I guess I would opt for the larger battery and extra battery.
It does not have video graphics, Intel Shared version. Im not into gaming so I guess that should not be an issue. I had my eye set on the 450xl but its more money. This 200xl was only $1400 with 1.6m, CD-rw/DVD-Rom, 512, 14.1 XGA and XP Pro, from Costco with 1 year warranty. I dont know if I should buy an extended or not. I know Costco is pretty good witht their stuff but the guy told us 6 months.
I will check it out tomorrow and see if I like it. A DVD seemed to play fine but sound was pretty weak. I was looking at the 15.4 models and the screen dont thrill me anymore. This size of 15 seem to be fine.
Thanks for the Advice\
RC
It does not have video graphics, Intel Shared version. Im not into gaming so I guess that should not be an issue. I had my eye set on the 450xl but its more money. This 200xl was only $1400 with 1.6m, CD-rw/DVD-Rom, 512, 14.1 XGA and XP Pro, from Costco with 1 year warranty. I dont know if I should buy an extended or not. I know Costco is pretty good witht their stuff but the guy told us 6 months.
I will check it out tomorrow and see if I like it. A DVD seemed to play fine but sound was pretty weak. I was looking at the 15.4 models and the screen dont thrill me anymore. This size of 15 seem to be fine.
Thanks for the Advice\
RC
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