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    new emachines

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by tito, Oct 12, 2004.

  1. tito

    tito Newbie

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    does anyone know when a new line of notebooks are coming? or have information on what the next notebook will have inside.
     
    tito, Oct 12, 2004
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    We'd be posting the news if we knew. The m6811 isn't that old and Gateway doesn't have a history of moving very quickly. I don't expect anything else this year.

    Editor in Chief http://www.bargainPDA.com and http://www.SPOTstop.com
     
    Brian, Oct 12, 2004
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  3. erouckus

    erouckus Notebook Guru

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    Check out the new Gateway Lappy! Wow! I'm gonna sell blood to get this one! [ ;)]


    http://www.cyberscholar.com/gateway/doc/sales_7405GX.pdf
     
    erouckus, Oct 18, 2004
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    wow, that Gateway does have some nice specs, yet another manufacturer going with the AMD 64. Good for AMD!
     
    Andrew Baxter, Oct 18, 2004
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  5. AzN

    AzN Notebook Consultant

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    wow why doesnt gateway just have 128 mb of video ram man and the laptop has similiar specs to the 6810 and 6811
     
    AzN, Oct 18, 2004
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  6. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    That looks and sounds suspiciously like the eMachines m68xx (Arima W730-K8DTR).

    First PC = Vic-20, 8" 128KB Home-Brew Floppy Drive ... Current Rig = eMachines m6805 ... Quantum Leap?
     
    olyteddy, Oct 19, 2004
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  7. geoffreyclark

    geoffreyclark Notebook Enthusiast

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    with Gateway acquiring EMachines, appears to be one of their first JV's/private label projects...
     
    geoffreyclark, Oct 20, 2004
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    The Gateway is a rebadged M6809, which is an Arima ODM system. Secondly, I have owned my M6809 for six months + now, and I have yet to have any problems with it at all. Shoddy construction? No. The hinge crack issue was unfortunate, but even that defect did not affect the function of the system. By all accounts, the problem has been fixed through Arima.

    Thirdly, while they are not on the bleeding edge of notebook construction, the eMachines line is still one of the top performers, especially for the dollar amount you will pay. As far as pure performance goes, it outstrips many a more expensive P4 or PM notebook.
     
    ReverendDC, Oct 20, 2004
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    jkjameson Notebook Enthusiast

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    Agree...looks like it is basically the same system as the 68xx. Am I right in thinking that gateway has a pretty shotty history?
     
    jkjameson, Oct 20, 2004
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