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Just in time for the school openings in the US, Gateway has released a new gaming notebook called the Gateway P-7811 FX. Since this machine is geared for the gaming community, it has to come with a powerful graphics card. Fortunately for the P-7811 notebook, it is loaded with NVIDIA’s GeForce 9800M GTS graphics card complementing its fast Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor with 2.2GHz running speed.

Lest we forget, the P-7811 FX sports a 17-inch widescreen display with a 1920 x 1200 resolution. In addition, this notebook also features a 1.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi 802.11 n, 4GB RAM and a 200GB hard drive. It is equipped with three USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, HDMI v1.3 and its DVD burner supports LabelFlash. For its operating system, the P-7811 FX is loaded with Windows Vista.

This notebook is exciting especially for both habitual or hard core gamers. It is currently selling at Best Buy for $1449.99.

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Gateway has launched two new laptops with some decent features and specs that seem worthy of their price tags. These new laptops are called the M-2408j and M-2410j and both are equipped with AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 QL-60 processors and boast of a 15.4-inch WXGA screen with a resolution of up to 1280 x 800.

In addition, both laptops also comes with Wi-Fi, a 1.3 megapixel web camera, HDMI output and 5-in-1 card reader. The M-2408j is loaded wit 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive and a super multi-drive DVD. The higher-end M-2410j meanwhile boasts of 3GB memory and a 320GB hard drive.

The Gateway M2408j and M-2410j will both be released by end of July and retail for around $738 and $911 respectively.

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Gateway has offered up two new computers, the GM5664 and GT5662. Both models are powered by an AMD Phenom processor with an NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE chipset and ATI Radeon HD 2400XT for graphics.

The GM5664 comes with the Hybrid-SuperMulti drive that will allow for playback of both Blu-ray and HD DVD movies along with an analog/digital TV tuner. It features 3GB RAM, 1TB of storage via two 500GB drives, 400 watt power supply, six USB ports, a 15-in-1 card reader and is running Windows Vista Home Premium. The GT5662 includes 3GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive and a 18x SuperMulti drive. Similar to the GM5664 it also has six USB ports, a 15-in-1 card reader and runs Windows Vista Home Premium. The GM5664 and GT5662 both include a Windows Elite multimedia keyboard and Windows USB optical 2-button wheel mouse, neither ship with a display.

The GM5664 will retail for $1149.99 and the GT5662 will retail for $749.99, both are currently available.

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Dell has extended their lead over HP with fourth quarter sales in the US. Dell was able to ship 5.35 million units in the US during Q4 2007, which is a 15.2% increase from the previous year and a 29.6% market share. The second place HP still had a very respectable 4.5 million units sold with 9.8% market share. Coming in third was Acer, who shipped only 1.5 million units, but showed a very impressive 294.2% increase. Acer overtook Apple for the third position, but that could be due in part from the purchase of Gateway.

The increased sales from Dell could be due to their increased direct sale approach in big-box retailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart. HP however remained on top for worldwide sales, but that just may change in the coming quarter.

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