Gateway LT2106u 10.1-Inch Black Netbook - Over 8 Hours of Battery Life

by Gateway

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 10.2 x 1 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0031M9SG6
• Item model number: LT2106u
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,656 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 4, 2010

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Gateway LT2106u: Mobile Freedom, Expressive Style

The ultra-portable design of the Gateway LT netbook is ideal for those on the move who need a quick, easy way to connect to the Internet and stay in touch with family and friends. Weighing less than 3 pounds, it features a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display and an easy typing keyboard. The Gateway LT has a luxurious look with a high-polished finish, rounded edges, silver hinges and engraved metallic logo. Plus, its textured palm rest hides fingerprints and wears much better than glossy-finished palm rests--making it as durable as it is chic.

Combining the power of the latest Intel Atom N450 processor and NM10 Express chipset with a 6-cell battery, this Gateway LT model (LT2106u) in black provides up to 8 hours of battery life on the go--enough for a full workday. Stay connected with friends and family via e-mail, IM or chat via the integrated Wi-Fi networking. The media card reader makes transferring photos easy, and the larger 160 GB hard disk drive gives you extra storage for your images. It also features a multi-gesture touchpad that enables you to pinch, flick and swirl your fingers for an intuitive navigation of web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more.

It comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Starter operating system, which combines the latest in reliability and responsiveness with the familiarity and compatibility of Windows. It includes new Windows 7 features like Jump Lists to help you to better find and manage files, and connecting to printers and peripherals is easier than ever.

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Key Features

The Gateway LT netbook in black.

The multi-gesture touchpad enables efficient one-handed data management.

• 10.1-inch high-brightness LED-backlit display delivers a 1024 x 600 resolution for less scrolling while searching the Internet and staying productive while traveling
• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 processor (512 KB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB) combines performance and energy efficiency to explore the Internet and stay connected while mobile.
• Up to 8 hours of battery life with included 6-cell battery (4400 mAh)
• 0.3-megapixel webcam integrated into the display bezel for easy video chats and conferencing
• Multi-gesture touchpad allows you to intuitively navigate WebPages, media libraries, photos, spreadsheets and more by simply flicking, swirling and pinching your fingers.

• 160 GB hard drive (5400 RPM)
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM (667 MHz; 2 GB maximum capacity)
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 video processor with 64 MB onboard memory and up to 256 MB of shared system memory.
• 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Fast Ethernet (10/100)
• Multi-in-1 memory card reader compatible with Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia (MMC), Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, and xD Picture Card media
• 3 USB ports
• VGA video output
• Stereo speakers
• Windows 7 Starter makes small notebook PCs easier to use because it puts less between you and what you want to do--less waiting, less clicking, less hassle connecting to networks. And Starter combines the latest in reliability and restertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.
• Get more features with Windows Anytime Upgrade. It's the best way to add features to Windows 7, takes as few as ten minutes, requires no software or downloads, and you'll keep your existing programs, files, and settings. Windows will walk you through the simple upgrade process.
• Pre-loaded software includes Microsoft Works SE 9.0 for word processing and spreadsheet work. Enjoy a 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007.
• Dimensions: 10.17 x 7.28 x 0.99 inches (WxDxH)
• Weight: 2.76 pounds
• Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

What's in the Box
This package contains the Gateway LT2106u netbook, 6-cell rechargeable battery, AC adapter, and printed documentation

It also comes with the following software: Microsoft Works (applications for word processing, spreadsheet, calendar, and email); 60-day trial of Microsoft Office 2007; Norton Internet Security 2009 Trial; WildTangent Demo Games

Product Description

Gateway 1gb/160/win 7/n450/black

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleek, light, fast and efficient and sexy to boot!, January 26, 2010

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VooDooDoll_57 "VooDooDoll_57" (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gateway LT2108u 10.1-Inch Red Netbook - Over 8 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

I just received my LT2108 netbook and was impressed with it from the very moment I opened the box. Sleek, light, fast, efficient and sexy to boot! Excellent tactile keyboard, amazingly crip and bright screen, good touchpad, fantastic battery life - small footprint! Good transfer speeds and responsive. Handles multi-media and video without breaking a sweat. I find myself using this netbook more-so than my regular laptop - it does everything and is more than capable. I shopped around a variety of netbooks but this one tops them all. Gateway has really hit one out of the park with this LT. I recommend it highly without hesitation.

Update: 25 May 2010 - Five months have passed and this little netbook is IT! It has surpassed my expectations. The only tweak I did was to upgrade it to 2 Gb memory...but only because I had a spare stick of memory on hand... not that it needed it. Love it!

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A student's opinion -- this netbook vs. HP Mini 100, May 5, 2010

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Poetoffire (Under Your Skin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gateway LT2106u 10.1-Inch Black Netbook - Over 8 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

I got this netbook around two and a half weeks ago, which means I can't talk about long-term effects. But here's what I thought about this netbook.

I have a problem with my wrists which makes writing on paper for extended periods of time difficult and painful, but I type 90 words a minute, so I got an HP Mini 100 (chosen because the keyboard was the best I'd tried), for taking notes in school.

The HP was good, don't get me wrong, but the screen's shape was clunky, it dropped my main wireless signal at school within a month, and even though it had a nice pattern on the back it wasn't the prettiest interface out there.

After seven months I accidentally broke the screen, and the warranty told me it wasn't fixable and gave me back the money I'd payed for it. After trying this netbook out at a store and liking it but not its price, I eventually settled on buying this one off Amazon and getting a much cheaper online warranty.

It arrived in a week, nicely packaged, with a power cable you had to put together. It was much lighter than the HP mini, and quite a bit more attractive-looking.

INTERFACE

The interface is gorgeous. Buttons are big and wide, the lights are displayed attractively, and it's pretty darn sexy looking. There is a barely visible pattern of horizontal lines on the back of the screen, which isn't that nice and certainly doesn't measure up to the elegant, fun, black-and-silver bubbles of the HP mini, but neither is immediately noticeable. There's a small silver bar reading Gateway on the lefthand side of the screen, with a tiny Gateway logo. I plan on getting a skin for the back when I can, just to make it a little prettier, but it isn't that needed.

This thins is a fingerprint magnet, though, and scratches easily where the HP mini chipped. You'll have to keep dusting it off and washing off fingerprints. In two days it looked like my HP mini after I'd had it two months. So if you aren't gentle with your netbooks (lord knows I'm not), you might want to consider investing in a screen before it gets really scarred-looking.

The touchpad is also a little more difficult to use, and keeps zooming in, but I'm getting the hang of it.

DISPLAY

The screen's very high quality, and it comes with a webcam far superior than the HP mini, or the one on my father's Mac. This webcam isn't extremely extremely high quality, but it's very nice looking, and has lots of brightness/contrast/color settings to get you in your best light. The positioning of the webcam is awkward angle-wise, of course, but that's just because it's a netbook.

This comes with Windows 7 Starter, which has a folder organizational system similar to a Mac. I thought I was going to hate Windows 7, because I love XP's taskbar so much and automatically clumping programs are the bane of my existence. However, with a couple setting changes that are easy to find, it's possible to get the same shape and type of taskbar, except the logo/home button on my Stardock theme is a little cut off, but it's just odd-looking and not a problem at all.

Right. Stardock.

Big problem. All caps now: YOU CANNOT CUSTOMIZE YOUR DISPLAY. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY TO APPLY THEMES OR CHANGE YOUR DESKTOP BACKGROUND.

So I went to the web, and found out Acer made a deal with STARDOCK MY COLORS, a company that makes beyond well-designed themes for Windows Vista/Windows 7. These themes are very expensive (20 bucks each!) so Stardock wants to entice you.

They offer up three free themes: a "go green", environmental one, a smooth pretty blue-silver one, and an online game scarlet one. The first two come with icon design for folders, and they're all very pretty. You install Stardock's program, apply your choice free theme (or stick with the other one), and it gives you desktop background options including pictures from your file.

You still can't use other web themes than Stardock's, but theirs aren't half bad.

Also, with Windows 7, there are gadgets you can put on the desktop, and ones you can download online. Those work wonderfully, and I use a to-do-list to keep track of my homework and notepad to keep track of my schedule.

KEYBOARD

Previously, I found it was difficult for me to type on the smaller keyboards, and selected the HP because its keyboard was so expansive. But after months of typing on the HP, I learned to adapt, and this keyboard isn't full-sized, no, but it doesn't have those ugly ridge things that others do and before I'd spent an hour with the netbook I could type just fine.

If you haven't used a netbook before or aren't a good typer, the keyboard might take some getting used to, but it is by far a great keyboard and you could do much worse in the netbook vein.

USB DRIVES/POWER CORDS/BATTERY

The power cord connector is on the left side of the netbook. There are three ports for USB drives alone, which should be more than enough for the average consumer. There's also mike and earphone jacks, and the other types of connectors you'd expect on a computer. These ports and jacks line both sides of the netbook, and there's no ports at the back.

The tiny-icons part of the taskbar (you know, sound, battery, updates, etc.) also includes a USB drive button that makes removing any drive easy. If that doesn't work, the Hard Disk Drives section of the Windows Explorer folders lets you remove with ease. No problems yet.

The power cord is shorter than the HP mini, and if you'd like to reach across a room, get an extension. It suits my needs just fine. I wish it didn't end with a clunky bar that extends down, which makes it hard to plug into the middle of a line of three or more power outlets, but it can plug in things both upside-down and rightside-up, so that's a plus.

Battery life is stellar, much better than the HP mini, and if you're on battery power the system gives you an estimate of how long you can run it on the current power setting. I tend to really like the way Balanced looks when it's plugged in, and want to run it with a better display quite a bit more than my HP, which I was content to just plug in when need be.

RUN TIME

Generally, it starts up fast, opens programs fast (Only around five seconds for Word 2007! It's a miracle!), and surfs the Internet fast. The speed is much improved from my HP mini.

Overall, I highly recommend this for its wonderful price, beautiful features, and functionality. Yes, if you're editing pictures or video it is going to be slow and obnoxious, but I have another computer to do that on. To surf the Internet, use Word, watch videos on the Internet, listen to music, take notes for school...this is perfect.

Highly recommended.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so far so good, February 10, 2010

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Joe Michael Willis "lucky dylan" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gateway LT2108u 10.1-Inch Red Netbook - Over 8 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

I'm using my netbook right now and it hasn't given me any troubles thus far. It's been excellent for my classes and is light enough to carry around. The battery works great too. It's exactly how its described. only trouble is the windows 7 starter. its a total bummer and I'm planning on upgrading to the home edition asap. 2 thumbs up for Gateway!

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