Gateway EC5801U 15.6 Inch Silver Laptop Windows 7 Home Premium

Gateway EC5801U 15.6 Inch Silver Laptop Windows 7 Home Premium
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I just got this laptop a few days ago from amazon via overnight shipping (thanks amazon prime). I would give it 4.5 stars if amazon allowed it, but i'm going to round up to 5 stars because it is a great laptop for an awesome price.

To get the negative out of the way early, i wish the ec5801u had a backlit keyboard, but for only $600 i wouldn't expect it. A $10 usb light should fix this for the few times when i'll be using this in low light situations. The second gripe is that the lcd screen has a limited viewing angle. It is very nice from head on, but a bit faded to look at from a steeper angle, which may make it hard for multiple people to view the screen simultaneously.

I love the laptops looks, both opened and closed. The keyboard is fairly easy to type on and the track pad seems to work well, but I have a nice wireless mouse that i use most of the time thought. I'm an architect and cad work is much easier to do with a mouse. The battery life is killer and the on-board wireless has worked flawlessly so far.

The laptop starts up fairly quickly from a powered off state, and with the great battery life, it comes out of sleep mode super fast. After a first full charge, i installed a large number of big programs like autocad, photoshop, google's sketch-up, Open Office as well as number of print drivers and other software like pdf writers and itunes. Even though a lot of these programs were downloaded via wireless and then installed, the battery still had a ton of juice left in it. The hardware on board is powerful enough for me to do some light 3d modeling and rendering without any slowdowns yet.

Just an fyi, my ec5801u came with a 64-bit version of windows 7 on it, which i'm fine with, but some 32-bit software may not be compatible for you. The battery seems to stay cool, allowing this laptop to be kept on your lap.

To sum up, I love this laptop. It is not a desktop replacement but as a portable business tool, it is awesome. Amazon delivered quickly, as usual. I haven't had any problems with mine but will be sure to update this review if I do.