Gateway intros NV series notebooks: NV5214u and NV5807u

Saturday, July 4, 2009, 4:26
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gateway-nv5214u Gateway has revamped its NV series of notebooks by prepping in two more notebooks, which are known as Gateway NV5214u and Gateway NV5807u. The new notebooks brag of multitasking capabilities, at the same time backing up graphics and processors from both AMD and Intel.

The NV5214u comes featured with an AMD RS780MN Chipset and AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-64 Dual Core Processor, and the NV5807u gets its power from Mobile Intel GM459 Express Chipset and Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 processor. The two notebooks are included with a 15.6-inch LED-backlit TFT widescreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio along with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels.

The NV series of notebooks also boast of Dolby Sound Room technology and their HDMI port you can use to take full advantage of your videos on external LCD. They also boast of giving support to WiFi b/g, WLAN and Bluetooth.

Ray Sawall, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Gateway said, “The need to back-up data has never been greater, since consumers have a greater quantity of important digital content than ever before such as photos and video.”

The users are also provided with the MyBackup Button, which helps them protect their precious data without any hassle. Gateway NV series of notebooks also allows them get hooked up with their families, friends as well as relatives. This can be done sharing their special things at social networks like MySpace and Facebook.

The NV series of notebooks are also featured in with PowerSave keys and one-touch MyBackup. The MyBackup key claims to offer a total support of the system with just one touch of a button. The PowerSave key is capable of boosting the battery life.

Available in Midnight Blue, NightSky Black, Coffee Brown and Cherry Red, the notebooks boast of a dedicated numeric keypad and widescreen display.

The Gateway NV5214u is expected to be made available for just $499.99, while Gateway NV5807u will be of $599.99.

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Tags: Gateway, gateway notebooks, Gateway NV5214u, Gateway NV5807u, NV Series Notebooks, NV5214u, NV5807u

Tom

Decided against Gateway after all the issues I've read...also I saw that Gateway has on of the higher hardware failure rates...approaching 20+% during the first three or four years of use. I purchased a Sony VGN-nw228F $449 at NewEgg on Black Friday...a great computer for the money and no problems.

Kevin S.

I just recieved this computer for christmas and I have to say that for the money it has the best specs out there. I have encountered the upper left side overheat shutdown once and was disappointed but I purchased a $10. bottom fan cooling pad and it hasn't happened since. I believe if you can't afford more than 500.00 dollars for a computer then this is your best bet.

J.S.

I purchased the NV5214u on 18 Dec and almost immediately started having the "blank screen" issue. I did a lot of searching and finally found a FAQ at gateway - http://support.gateway.com/s/notebook/2009/gate... . After updating the WAN driver I haven't had a blank screen. After the update, this is now an awesome $400 computer!

Tom

Sorry in my post above, the gaming laptop I purchased for my son was a Gateway(FX series I believe)...really cool design , high end parts and hundreds less than the competition. Poor construction , keyboard was very flexible, and flimsy on all three computers that I had exchanged for ... all failed in the first 10 days. The guys that worked at Best Buy said they all had this laptop and never had a problem(yeah right) and they were very surprised.

Tom

I'm very sad to hear off all the problems...I purchase a different laptop for my son...phenominal gaming specs...it crashed, we went through three exchanges and I finally told Best Buy I want my money back, they said sorry we're going to give you a store credit, I protested and told them I would throw a fit in the store if I didn't get my money back...I had to she the manager that the same computer on display in the store crashed and froze...pretty pitiful. Gateway really hit a home run on this computer, but with all these problems it's not worth the hassle. Buy an Asus(6% failure) or Toshiba(i believe 10%+/-), they have the lowest failure rates in the business for laptops.

Josh

I have been going round and round with gateway about the problem with this laptop overheating and they wont do anything, not even register the computer, because the date of purchase in their records and the date on my receipt from Best Buy are different. Because of this, they wont do anything for me at all, and they are rude and disrespectful, my advice, dont buy another gateway..... ever!!

Keish

I purchased this computer in June. In September, the display screen went completely white. I sent it back to Gateway for repair, I paid for the shipping. I called to check the status every week to be told the part isn't in stock. After a month of waiting, I finally get a call from Gateway informing me that the part is on backorder and they would like to offer me a replacement computer equivalent to the one I purchased. I accept the replacement and received it on Tuesday, November 3. Would you believe the replacement didn't work either? Wouldn't even boot to Windows 7. So, I was offered, yet again, another replacement. I'm not paying to ship the replacement back so I have to be inconvenienced, again, and wait to receive a shipping label in the mail. Then I have to ship it back and when the replacement is received, then I will receive the second replacement. I've never been so disappointed in a product. Be smart don't buy this machine.

Josh

I just bought one of the NV series and I also have the overheating problem that locks the system up as well, i wonder if one of those laptop cooling systems that the laptop would sit on would help.

Tommy

I got this model and my screen goes blank all the time. I have to turn it off and reboot it everytime this happens. I exchanged it at Best Buy and the new one does the same thing. I even elevated it on a stand and it still happens. I think the design is prone to over heating!

Tyler

Hi i recently bought this laptop, and on the opposite thing that the power button is on the left side where the lock thing is at the thing came loose and like wobbles and moves around allot. There isnt any screw that actually tightens it but it gets really annoying, and i havnt dropped it or caused any damage like that for it to do this, so any ideas why its doing this?

ralph

I just got this computer and have it on for less then an hour and i already feel the heat being emitted, and it's much more then most of my previous laptops. Anyone else experiencing this?

hanz

hi i got this laptop june 26 then 16 days later keys on the keyboard stopped working so i took it to a bestbuy to have it fixedb bye the manufactors warrenty and they looked it up on the computer and said it was to new to send out to get fixed so they would exchange it but they didnt have any more in stock so i went to another best buy and that had it in stock and they exchanged it for me and i got a new 1 today july 18 and i bought it on june 26 i am lucky cause there really is no support out there for this model yet but other then that it get pretty hot i got this program called EVERest and it measures the tempeture of the cpu and it gets to 80 when playing games and like 50-60 when in light use and the mousepad is 1 bar but i like it so far other then that.

Joi9414`

This computer is really worth the price! the only bad thing about it, is the mousepad, which does take a minute to get use to but other than that, it's great! I bought mine this week and was able to create my backup discs just fine, although it was time-consuming. It's eligible for the free windows 7 upgrade so I would definitely recommend this computer seeing it's specs and everything. You won't find a better deal for what you're getting!

Genxer99

I was all excited about my new Gateway until I tried to start it up after the initial 3 hour charging. When I took it back to Bestbuy, they said either the monitor driver wasn't working or the hard drive. Hopefully, no one else has this problem. I had to get a refund because they were out of this model. I'll try it again unless I read any other bad reviews of this product. It's a shame, there is no other laptop out there in this price range with this many features.

Erik

i bought the one from best-buy for 479 plus tax. So far i am disappointed. The computer did not come with back up disks. Instead, there is an option to create your own (11 gigs are reserved on the hard drive for backing up). The problem is that the program to create the back ups does not work. I called gateway and they said the computer is too new to make back ups. Another complaint I have is that the mouse pad is utter junk. The worst mousepad I have ever used. If you can get past these two issues then it is a fine computer...

max

This is a great laptop (NV5214) i would recommend it to any one it is powerful and good looking, and cheap.

one down fall is the heating problem in the top left corner of the keyboard part (like all laptops have).