Gateway NV73A12u

The Gateway NV73A12u laptop is equipped with 17-inch UltraBright Active Matrix TFT Color LCD with LED Backlight and 1600 x 900 resolution. It also has AMD Phenom II Triple-Core Processor N830 with a clock speed of 2.1GHz it has no level 3 cache. This processor is not that powerful compared to the Intel Core iSeries processors. It has an onboard (shared Memory) graphics chip dubbed Radeon HD 4250 that supports DirectX 10.1 and features the UVD2 video decoder, this graphics processor is less powerful than the integrated GPU found on AMD Accelerated Processors like E-450.

Gateway NV73A12u

The Gateway NV73A12u notebook PC comes with the following connectivity options: Wireless LAN; 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports; HDMI output port; Video port; and LAN port. Moreover, this Gateway NV73A12u laptop has 4 GB DDR3 memory; 320 GB SATA Hard disk; multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support; built-in webcam; and powered by 6-cell lithium-ion battery. The Gateway NV73A12u weighs up about 7.49 pounds and measures just 1.4 inch thin.

The Gateway NV73A12u notebook PC runs on 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition operating system. It is available at around $640.

Cons: less powerful processor compared to new AMD APUs and Intel Core iSeries Processors.