Product DescriptionBuilding on the superb technology of the DX4200-UB001A, the Gateway DX4710-UB002A Desktop adds the Intel® brand of quad core. Powered by the 64-bit SP1 edition of Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, the DX4710-UB002A also ups the graphics to ATI Radeon HD 3650 with 512MB discrete video memory and adds 802.11b/g wireless and a digital ready ATSC TV tuner - for those multithreaded multitasking multimedia mavens who want to connect and tune in. Optical Drive 18X DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti Drive featuring Labelflash Technology Modern System Design with Black Chrome Branding Strip Gateway 15-in-1 media card reader with copy button Gateway 2.0 USB Speakers Application Software Microsoft Works 9.0, Microsoft Money Essentials & Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day complimentary trial period) Up to 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio Backup Media Cyberlink Power2Go Dimensions (System) 16.34 (H) x 7.09 (W) x 17.32 (D) or 415mm (H) x 180mm (W) x 440mm (D) Expansion Slots Available - 0 - PCI-E x16, 1 - PCI-E x1 & 0 - PCI External Ports (6) USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Rear), IEEE 1394 Ports (Rear), HDMI Port, VGA, (2) PS/2 Ports Cyberlink Label Printer for Windows Vista Integrated Network 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 Port) Gateway 104+ Elite Keyboard Modem 56K PCI Data/Fax Modem Motherboard Systemboard with Intel G33 Chipset USB Optical 2-Button Wheel Mouse Transfer video and photos from your digital camera with a high-performance 15-in-1 media card reader. A smart copy button lets you instantly download and file your images 400-Watt Power Supply Norton 360 All-in-One Security 2008 (60-day trial with live updates) NTSC Analog + ATSC Digital TV Tuner with 3D Comb TV Remote Control Hardware has 1 Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty Weight 24.25 lbs. (11 kg) system unit only Monitor is not included
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Good!
To make it short this computer is great and very fast and has lots of memory and 64bit windows Vista Intel Core 2 Quad the best stuff!
Rating: - Good value
This is a fast computer - I use it for the typical stuff - Office, email, photos, videos - and it is quick and agile. Vista feels as good on this machine as OS X on a recent Mac laptop I bought (for three times as much).
I'm using my old dell monitor and wireless keyboard/mouse and all worked right off the bat without configuration.
Unit seems solidly built.
Picking up on the other post, the fan sounds pretty comparable to me to my old Dell. Not a big deal ... Read More
Rating: - Gateway-the Ebola virus of computers.
We bought a Gateway desktop and Windows got hosed for some reason. We called 1-800-GATEWAY for support. Guess what? If you buy a Gateway anywhere but their website you must call a separate toll number. WTF!? Then we needed to restore it but the restore partition was bad. Had to get the recovery disk. They charged me $20 for a $1 CD-R. Then it wouldn't work, and they wanted to charge me to tell me how to use it. Again WTF? These people are horrible. Save yourself a lot of trouble and get a Mac. Anything ... Read More
Rating: - So far - very nice.
Pros:
Very powerful computer, the 4 cores with the huge memory quickly chew up whatever you throw at them.
Vista 64 not as big a compatibility issue as I feared, so far I have most of my previous environment working.
Box contains a DVD with Vista-64 SP1. This is becoming more and more rare these days (a bad thing). To me this is very important in case of disk-crash, I don't want to start downloading huge amounts of SW from Microsoft if and when the disk decides to ... Read More
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PC Hardware : Gateway DX4710-UB002A Desktop PC (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor, 6 GB RAM, 640 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)
- Good!
- Good value
- Gateway-the Ebola virus of computers.