More Than A Netbook – Gateway LT3119u 11.6-Inch
I bought the Gateway LT3119u 11.6-Inch Netbook
a few months ago to replace my aging Asus eee 904. It’s a nice machine that pushes the Netbook definition just a little. Gateway shunned the typical Atom processor for this unit, instead shoving in an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor L310 chip. While no speed demon, this chip does offer more performance than the typical Atom cpu. Performance is further enhanced by the integrated ATI Radeon X1270 Graphics and standard 2GB of memory. I actually got World of Warcraft running on this machine, and it’s even playable (barely) with all performance settings turned way down.
More specs:
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor L310
• Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
• 11.6-inch HD Widescreen Ultrabright LED-backlit Display
• 2048 MB DDR2 Memory
• ATI Radeon X1270 Graphics
• 250 GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• Built-In .3 MP Webca
• Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• High-Definition Audio Support
• 802.11b/g WiFi
• 3 USB 2.0 Ports
• Multi-gesture Touchpad
• 6-cell Li-ion Battery (4400 mAh), up to 4 Hours of Battery Life
Not bad for under $400. The screen is very sharp and bright, and the machine has no problem with internet video. Battery life could be better, but that’s a fair trade-off for the bit of extra performance offered by this netbook.
