Gateway 450 XL Review

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Average User Rating: 5.3

1. Great!

   

   By: Sean
   July 2, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

   I’ve had this laptop for 4 years (college use) and haven’t had a single problem with it. Maybe I am lucky. I’m gonna continue to use it until it dies in medical school.

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2. Works great.... when it works

   

   By: headicus
   January 20, 2006 @ 12:29 PM

   This latop works great, the only problem is that it rarely works. Like the last poster i’ve sent my laptop in for repair 4 times due to Video/LCD problems that made my laptop unusable.

   Every time i get it back from repair, within 2 months its back to non-functional status with the same problem. There has been no end of frustrations with both the laptop and Gateway Tech Support/Customer Support.

   I will never by another gateway laptop again.

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3. Way too many problems

   

   By: Mat
   February 15, 2005 @ 8:00 AM

   My lab bought two of these, one for me to use. I’ve shipped mine back to Gateway 3 TIMES, due to faulty video or LCD problems. Once it was a motherboard problem. The other lab user just had his hard drive fail for the SECOND TIME. We bought these less than 1.5 years ago. Thank god for a 3 year warranty, I’m sure we’l be shipping these back more in the next year.
   DO NOT RECOMMEND

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4. It's a workhorse!

   

   By: Carl
   November 10, 2004 @ 12:34 PM

   I have had my 450XL since Feb ‘03 and have literally worked it up one side and down the other. I’m an MCSE and support several small companies, and I use my 450 at each company. I run on several different wired & wireless networks – different applications for each. I have not had any severe problems at all (knock on wood), in fact I’m using it now to type this. A computer is like anything else. You’re likely to get a lemon once it a while. I recommend Gateway whenever asked and have purchased over a hundred of their machines over the years for my customers.

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5. XL450

   

   By: Bob
   October 23, 2004 @ 4:28 AM

   I have a XL450 and it is going to the shop for it’s second repair. First I had problems with it’s video, Gateways repair to the video card was to run a soldering iron over the solder joints. I Now have to send it back as the video is still having problems, and the audio out jack does not work anymore. I have only had this one a little over 2 months, and 2nd repair.

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6. Great Machine

   

   By: MICHAEL
   October 22, 2004 @ 5:04 PM

   I’ve had my laptop for over a year now no problems I had the hard drive upgraded for a little more storage I only wish I had a faster CPU I’m running a 1.3 it’s still fast but more speed is always better. Recommendation A-0ne.

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7. Slow from the start

   

   By: John Mark
   October 15, 2004 @ 2:15 PM

   Out of the box the system was a bit slow for what it is supposed to be, one year later after the warranty has expired the hard drive started having fatal errors and I suspect this was always a problem. You can subscribe to Gateway Answers for support after the warranty but it’s spendy and basically answers read from a script, alot of wasted money.

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8. Nice specs, but bad quality

   

   By: Zekeali
   January 29, 2004 @ 9:38 AM

   I got my laptop, and I loved it . . . for a while. A month after I recieved it, I noticed some video problems. I ignored them and continued. Later, I noticed the same problem. I could even make it happen. I took it into Gateway, they sent it off, and told me I had a faulty video card. About 3 months after I sent it in, my backlight went completely dead. Yes the LCD part worked, but not the LCD. At that time, I also realized my DVD/CDRW drive didn’t write OR read at the advertised speed. I checked some forums for the same model, and other users from Dell, Compaq, and IBM had experienced the same problems. I took in my laptop to get repaired a second time. They fixed the backlight and gave me a new burner. The burner still doesn’t read or write at the correct speed. Not even a month after I recieved my laptop back, the backlight fails, AGAIN. I am currently waiting for it come back. I am A+ certified, and do not recommend Gateway products anymore.

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