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Gateway P-6860FX Laptop w/ Core 2 Duo Processor, 4GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, 17" Screen, NVIDIA 8800 GTS w/ 512mb RAM | 
| Brand: Gateway
Category: CE
Buy Used: $800.00
as of 9/9/2010 01:04 EDT details
Used (2) from $800.00
Seller: Techenthusiast03
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 117705
ASIN: B001BNDSU4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Comes with Core 2 Duo Processor | | • | Has 4GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, 17-Inch Screen, NVIDIA 8800 GTS with 512mb RAM |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Gateway P-6860FX Laptop comes with Core 2 Duo Processor, 4GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, 17-Inch Screen, NVIDIA 8800 GTS with 512mb RAM
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 "Gaming" laptop? Wrong July 31, 2010
Adam2uBer
Well, I've had this for 2 years. I was able to play Call of Duty Modern Warfare with no problems. Two months later, my computer starts overheating then shutting off. Anytime I play a game that requires the littlest of effort from the video card, it can't handle it. I've even had this thing shut down from overheating while having it connected to a projector for a presentation to my team.
Idle temperatures are way too high and I have even elevated the laptop and put a fan to it to help "cool" it down. Still overheats. And yes, I have shot out all the dust with a compressed air can. Stay away from this. Gateway customer support is a joke. I spent way too much on shipping only to have them send it back after running a version of 3DMark05 once. Did I really just waste my money on having them install a free piece of software that I could have done myself?
Only good thing about this computer is that it's relatively quick with basic processes and that it looks cool. Don't even bother having this on your lap because it will be too hot to handle.
Bought my machine at the start of the semester so I had very little time to get up and running. Needed Linux as well as Windows, May 26, 2010
Mark Bondurant (Camarillo, CA USA)
Bought my machine at the start of the semester so I had very little time to get up and running. Needed Linux as well as Windows, so I reformatted and installed duel boot, but games kept blowing up! Found out there were no recovery disks! You had to get them from this guy who seemed to be subcontracting from Gateway! Even with the recovery in place, the video was still messed up. Had to subscribe to a driver search service to locate them all. Games run for a little while and then the machine seizes and the hard drive starts making a grinding sound. The Gateway website has precisely "0" (zero) info on how to get support. To this day I don't have a clue how to call or email them. The warranty has a mailing address only.
So I had to use it as is. It runs, but the video is wacked. Dropped a grand of precious resources and spent weeks dinking with it when I should have been concentrating on my schoolwork. People complain about Asus and MSI's foreign call centers, but at least they answer the phone. For me Gateway has been a slow grinding hell. The semester is over, I'd like to fix this, but I have no idea how other than to buy a new laptop. I will remember Gateway and tell my friends about them forever.
Very Disappointing! July 1, 2009
Randy L. Thurman (Oklahoma City, OK United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
We have had this laptop for about 6 months. Since that time we have had to buy two batteries for it because the old ones died. 7 key caps have fallen off, some keys that we rarely, if ever hit, like the equal sign on the keypad. Also the AC adapter has gone bad and I have had it in twice for repairs. Perhaps it is just a lemon, but all I know is my experience. I would recommend another brand.
 This is the best laptop ! November 16, 2008
Tu Vo (Seattle , WA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
i got this laptop for 3 months and it works really good.. high performance with fast speed too.. i though 1.83 is a lil slow but it runs faster than i expected.....You should grab 1 ur own
Absolutly incredable for the price October 10, 2008
Joshua Batchelor (Florissant, MO)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a phenomenal laptop. I have had it for two months now and have only noticed one quirk and I believe that to be software related. As for the first negative review I am somewhat surprised as mine came with the reinstall DVD and the option of either having Vista 64 or 32 bit. There are some things on the partition but it is just the usual bloatware that you get on most retail PCs. I just formatted over it and use the extra HDD space. The only thing I wanted from it was the Lableflash software and you can easily get that online at various locations for free. All in all this is a great laptop with tons of features. One of my favorite things is that it has two HDD bays and unlike many other manufactures which would fill both with smaller drives to total the 320 gigs Gateway left the one slot empty for those who would wish to upgrade. From everything that I read they have done the same things for their processor and graphics card. Both can be removed and replaced. That was my one concern when purchasing this Laptop was the underpowered processor. However again that is easily replaced according to everything I read. In the end this is a highly upgradable laptop with a sweet case design and cost $800 less than the equivalent HP or Dell. I have not dealt with customer service but then again I am a geek and usually do all the repairs myself any way.
P.S. Just for those that are curious about the HDMI and whether you can run the sound through it, yes you can. That was one of the question I could not find answered online.
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