GATEWAY MX6128 Notebook PC

GATEWAY MX6128 Notebook PC
Manufacturer: GATEWAY
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The Gateway MX6128 Notebook PC delivers powerful mobile functionality in a thin, easy-to-carry package. The gorgeous 15.4" WXGA monitor will bring your media to vivid life, whether it's stored on the 60GB hard drive or loaded into the 4-in-1 card reader. Integrated wireless connectivity keeps you in touch with friends & colleagues almost anywhere, and the CD/DVD-ROM combo drive let you enjoy your favorite songs and video clips as you travel. Includes GatewayShield Security and Privacy Protection. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 60GB hard drive CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo 802.11g wireless LAN, with SecureEasySetup & 125 High Speed Mode Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN 4-in-1 Digital Media Manager Operating System - Windows XP Home SP2

Average customer rating:

Do not buy BIG MISTaKE
Beware

GATEWAY MX6128 Notebook PC

Manufacturer: Gateway
ProductGroup: Personal Computer

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1.5 GHz Celeron M Processor 370
1MB L2 cache with 400MHz FSB
Intel 910GML chipset
15.4 Widescreen Ultrabright WXGA TFT
256MB DDR2 dual-channel memory

ASIN: B000E2ZNX8

Product Description

The Gateway MX6128 Notebook PC delivers powerful mobile functionality in a thin, easy-to-carry package. The gorgeous 15.4" WXGA monitor will bring your media to vivid life, whether it's stored on the 60GB hard drive or loaded into the 4-in-1 card reader. Integrated wireless connectivity keeps you in touch with friends & colleagues almost anywhere, and the CD/DVD-ROM combo drive let you enjoy your favorite songs and video clips as you travel. Includes GatewayShield Security and Privacy Protection. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 60GB hard drive CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo 802.11g wireless LAN, with SecureEasySetup & 125 High Speed Mode Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN 4-in-1 Digital Media Manager Operating System - Windows XP Home SP2

Customer Reviews:

Do not buy BIG MISTaKE.......2006-07-21

Gateway Has really bad customer service[/size]: I spent $2800.00 on custom laptop for gaming. after 24 days it crapped out.... The Gateway policy is that YOU have to pay them $45.00 for them to send you a box to ship it back to them to fix it! after they had it back for over 10 days and still didn't know what is wrong with it or when I would get it back...I told them to just send me my money back and they got downright nasty with me. I talked with two people in customer service and they told me there was nobody else to talk with "NO returns after 15 days" "They will just fix it and send it back"

I am so disappointed with Gateway. I also had to sign a form that came with the $45.00 return box that said I would approve the charges to my credit card for any "uncoverd repairs that were needed" If This form is not signed; Gatway will simply return the laptop in the condition they received it in.
I've only had this laptop for 24 days !!!!!! I will never buy Gateway again Don't you make the same mistake.
I was told for sombody to come to my house to fix it was only if I bought the "extra plan" but found out that when they come over they just put it in a box most of the time anyway. Ther is NO service center for Gateway unless you "want to bring it to Texas" !!!!
I am still without my system or any idea when I will see it ....I don't even want it I just want my money back $2800.00 plus my $45.00 !!!!

Beware.......2006-01-18

I bought one of these a few weeks ago to use for presentations to clients while on the road. During the first week, I loaded all of my data and tuned my settings on this computer. I noticed that this thing was slow to boot up, and was also slow at times to respond. The next week, one night before a rather large presentation, I started the computer to double check my Power Point show and tell. Less than 5 minutes after I began the computer DIED. I had it for only 10 days! The computer had never left my house! Thank God it happened so soon. Otherwise I would have been stuck with it.
The Good:
What little time I had it, The graphics were pretty good, Nice sized Keyboard, Good viewing angles.
The Bad: It was SLOW to boot up and died a young death after 10 days.. Let me demonstrate in words how slow it would run. I have an iMac G3 600Mhz that has a copy of Virtual PC Windows XP Home Edition. The iMac was almost as fast as the Gateway. No joke! The difference in boot up was within 30 seconds of each other. Opening "My Computer" in XP took the same amount of time on both machines. Ask any Mac user, Virtual PC for Mac is NOT a high performance utility. It's painfully slow. Even more painful on a G3 chip!
When using the Gateway, I thought, "I cannot believe how slow this is". I believe it is safe to assume that there was a major flaw in the Gateways CPU. Intel and AMD make very respectable chips, and I believe that this one was sick out of the box.
Bottom line: I will not buy another Gateway. Sure these things happen, but I am self employed. I cannot take a chance on another one doing the same thing. This one was the first and the last. I also have 2 friends and 1 sort of friend that have had very bad experiences with Gateway PC's. I gave them a chance, and they lost.
UPDATE******
Thanks for the "Not Helpful" votes guys. As stated above, I only had this for 10 days. Total running time was under 6 hours. Of that 6, 4.5 hours was used to create a Power Point Presentation. The rest of the time was spent setting the computer up for my business needs. 6 hours was not enough time to generate a "Positive, Raving, Praising Techno Nerd review. However, It was long enough to learn the hard way that this machine was JUNK. The entire purpose of posting this review was to warn people that might not have the financial means to buy anything outside of this price range. Someone out there might be looking at this as a computer to send with their son or daughter to college. They might not be able to afford to replace it if it dies a couple of weeks later. Bottom line: Be safe and look at other brands in this price range. Check the reviews and see if they are rated any better before going out on a limb.
***UPDATE 2***
Well, Well, Well, It seems that Gateway has stopped making this. One might wonder why. Could it be because this thing is a P.O.S? I think so.

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