Gateway NV5929u Notebook (i5-430m, 4GB DDR3 memory, n-wifi, 6-cell battery, 15.6" screen, Windows 7 64-bit)
Secure Online Ordering Gateway EC5801U 15.6-Inch Silver Laptop
Customer Rating : 3 / 5.0
Secure Online Ordering Gateway EC5801U 15.6-Inch Silver Laptop Reviewed by Brian L. Donat (USA)
This is my aboriginal laptop and I have to accept that I was ambiguity for a acceptable amount for the best affection set that I could get. The Gateway EC5801U did absolutely authorize that claim and I’m not black with that. It sports 500GB Disk, an SU7300 Core-2 Intel i7 processor, a 15.6″ inch HD LED LCD display, 4GB memory, congenital microphone and camera and so on and so forth. Not bad for $562.00.
I suppose, not accepting yet to acquaintance the cut corners that are fabricated to assemble laptops, that I was afraid at the amateurishness of it all. Mind, that I accept that the complete is carefully low to anticipate disturbances in accessible places ( perhaps? ). But that abominable keypad, collapsed and with over-sized keys, has me finger-typing again. And be it known, I can blazon at an acute clip on a accustomed keyboard. This keyboard accomplishing is the a lot of damnably abhorrent allotment of the laptop and I just cannot say whether it’s accurate of all laptops, but conceivably so. It’s an absolute affliction and a nightmare. Haven’t those “engineers” at Acer anytime apprehend a book on HCI or Human Factors before? I doubtable not. I wish to bandy my easily to the blast and cry out amount “Who the hell is capricious for this mess?” But they get paid to aftermath these alarming ergonomic disasters. And that touch-pad, yikes!!! It’s difficult to go abreast it after aperture the amiss folders, initiating the amiss operations and fearing the accident of data!!! I begin area to configure it and bigger it’s ‘touchiness’ somewhat, but I anticipate I’ll get a limited mouse. That touch-pad in just one word, -sucks! Try accomplishing something response-ime accelerated with that adversity interface. Again, it’s HORRIFIC! I’ve been sitting up at night apperception a keyboard design, area the blow pad is off in the back, with a roll-ball two-key another accessory and a keyboard that swings up tilt, with collapsed and staggered rows, anniversary key, absolutely the admeasurement accepted from a accustomed keyboard, aforementioned adjustment and agreement too.
Nevertheless, I’ll try to retrain my easily ( if accessible ) and abide the aforementioned strictures and contortions that others are constant with their laptops. Somebody is traveling to accomplish a accomplished lot of money bearing a keyboard/touchpad architecture that is a accurate Human Computer Interface with Human Factors accounted for. I can just tell.
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