Gateway NV7802u 17.3-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

by Gateway

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 16.2 x 1.4 inches ; 7.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002QQ1WM6
• Item model number: NV7802u
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,701 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 18, 2009

Product Description

Gateway NV7820u Notebook comes with these specs: Intel Core2 Duo Processor T6600, Windows 7 Home Premium, 17.3" HD Widescreen Ultrabright LED-backlit Display, Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset, 4096MB DDR3 1066MHz Memory, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Integrated Webcam, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, Dolby Headphone Technology, High-Definition Audio Support, 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N WiFi CERTIFIED, 4 - USB 2.0 Ports, Multi-gesture Touchpad, 6-cell Li-ion Battery (4400 mAh), up to 5-hours 20 minutes of battery life, 7.4 lbs. | 3.3 kg (system unit only), AC Power Adapter, AC Power Cord, Wireless Setup Card, Registration/ Limited Warranty Card, Norton Internet Security (60-day trial)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best I've ever had!, November 3, 2009

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gadgetjunkie (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gateway NV7802u 17.3-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I'm a techie and own 9 other computers. 6 of the 9 are Sony's. I also own Toshiba and MSI. I always thought I had to purchase the most expensive to have the best, but after purchasing the Gateway, I see now that I was wrong. This laptop is absolutely phenomenal. The screen is the most crisp, colorful and sharpest display I have ever seen. It literally blows everything else out of the water. I have it sitting next to two other laptops right now that I paid at least double for and there is really no comparison at all. Windows 7 runs smooth as silk, there is very little bloatware pre-installed. I'm simply floored by how good this computer is at this price point. Don't think twice about getting it. After seeing it in action, I really feel that it's a steal at this price. One downside for me is that the memory isn't upgradable beyond 4gb and it doesn't have a pc card/expresscard slot for my wireless modem, but since I'm using it primarily at home for photo editing, those things don't really matter to me. I'm considering purchasing a 2nd one now for my wife.

Update: Windows 7 on this computer continues to amaze me too. Today, I had 8 apps open and they all ran as if I only had one open. I didn't intend to do this, but I had Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Outlook, Word, Navicat, Hypersnap, Explorer and Microsoft Publisher all open at the same time and there was no lag or anything that would have let me know that I needed to close some apps to free up memory. The system ran smoothly as if I was just using one app, so the 4GB limit makes more sense now since there doesn't appear to be a need for more.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent buy for the money., November 14, 2009

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G. Knuckles (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gateway NV7802u 17.3-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I was looking at a Toshiba with similar but less specs than this machine. 3GB vs 4GB memory, and 320GB HD vs 500GB hard drive. $200 more everywhere I looked for the Tob, some places $300 more. This unit also has an extra slot for another hard drive internally.

I bought this unit 3 weeks ago at a local BB for $599, which was a steal for the features and overall quality of this laptop.

This Gateway is fast, plays DVDs with no problem, the high def is great and very crisp, and the 17.3 screen is plenty of real estate to work from. The keyboard was a little flat for my liking but after using it a while I've adjusted to it.

Also the touch pad is at times not as responsive as I would like, the scrolling function that is. I would like it to be be a little more sensitive when scrolling up and down. Just wish I could adjust the response to the touch pressure some but that's not possible. But there are a lot of software adjustments to the touch pad available and it works great overall. The scrolling is usually when surfing so that could be a site or browser issue rather than the touch pad itself.

The built in wireless network works great and gets a much stronger and reliable signal than my other laptop all over our house. I can even go out on the patio with no problems. The RJ-45 network hard wire connector works fine as well.

Windows 7 is a joy on this thing, especially compared to Vista. Multitasking shows no signs of lag or hesitation when using several programs at once.

I have 5 desktops and another laptop and all have XP except one. That one sits in the corner with very little use because it has Vista on it. I use it for backup audio recording sessions in my business only. Now it will get a face lift to Windows 7 and become my primary desktop.

But it will be fighting with this new Gateway as I can see this laptop becoming my primary work machine for most things I do. I'm a techie and do light programming, audio and some video.

I've yet to try any games on it but do think most games would play alright with some settings adjustments, except for the most intensive resource using games.

Depending on the use, I've been averaging 3 - 3 1/2 hours on the battery with medium use on the resources, that's also having the screen about two settings dimmer from the highest setting which is still a very bright screen. The weight is around 7 pounds and makes it very comfortable for the lap and almost no heat from the bottom of the unit after a couple of hours use.

If you buy one and need a case for it, look at the Case Logic 17" Slimline Laptop Case here at Amazon. I bought it and it's a good case for the price of 26 bucks, especially for 17 inch laptops.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Laptop for the price, November 18, 2009

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Vincent Laratta (Imperial, Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gateway NV7802u 17.3-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I also purchased this laptop at a local Best Buy for $599. Not one of the other brands had 4GB memory, 500 GB HD, wireless, webcam, card reader, etc.. for near the price. As the previous reviewer said, this laptop has a stronger wireless signal as I have no problems anywhere in our home--our HP loses signal sometimes. I also do not like the keyboard quite as much as the Hp, but ok. I did have a problem with the Norton Internet Security locked up and quit working. I had to unistall it and ordered a new copy of Norton Security 2010 for $29.99 and it works great. The 2010 version is listed for Windows 7. It may have been a Norton problem with windows 2007. The screen is larger and brighter than our HP dv6. The battery is advertised at "up to 5 hours" but I have not gotten more than three and half hours--still more than the 2 hours I usually get with our HP. This computer, upon first powerup, starts you off with the wireless setup which was unbeliebably easy. Lastly, the setup with our Lexmark x7576 wireless printer was also very easy. I had the entire system up and running with wireless printer, new programs, wireless network, etc. in less than an hour. If you are looking for a great value laptop, this is it.