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Gateway® P-7915u FX Edition

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Dominate the latest games, enjoy the newest movies and get more from your media and the Internet with the 16:10 widescreen experience of the 17" Gateway® P-7915u FX Edition Notebook. Boasting 64-bit Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, a 2.53GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor1, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M graphics with 1GB dedicated GDDR3 video memory, 4GB of cutting-edge DDR3 memory and a 320GB hard drive5 (with available second hard drive slot), our P-7915u FX Edition laptop will power you through demanding applications and give you an immersive screen experience.

Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology2 means not only lightning-fast performance but also long battery life and quicker, broader wireless including 802.11n for your on the go. Convenience features include illuminated multimedia buttons, a full-size keyboard for easy keying, a dedicated numeric keypad for quickly navigating RPG games, and Gateway Recovery Management; multimedia features include a built-in webcam, media card reader, Dolby® sound technology, plus an HDMI™ port for easy connection to a second monitor or big-screen TV. Make the most of your peripherals with eSATA, IEEE 1394b Firewire and ExpressCard™ to go with Gigabit Ethernet. And you'll look great doing it all, thanks to the amazing FX design elements that make the dynamic Gateway® P-7915u FX Edition stand out from the crowd.
Intel® Core™2 Duo
This laptop is equipped with an Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor1, for superior speed and power to accomplish your tasks at home and on the road.
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Intel® Centrino® 2 Technology
Get far faster performance for multitasking and multimedia, far greater wireless range, plus exceptional battery life with the mobile advances of Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology2.
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Mobile Intel® PM45 Chipset
This system features the Mobile Intel® PM45 chipset, which provides you with the highest performance on the most demanding applications you'll use today and tomorrow.
4GB RAM
Memory helps your PC run faster. With 4GB standard, multitasking powerful programs is a breeze for this system.
DDR3 Memory
Zip through intense 3D graphics processes and get seamless animation during your gaming outings with DDR3 memory. With nearly twice the bandwidth of DDR2 memory, this new technology uses less power (lower electric bills for home desktop users, longer battery life for notebook users on the road) and delivers crisp visuals for graphics-rich applications, the gorgeous Aero® interface, and your next-gen games.
Taking HD Gaming to the Extreme
Taking HD Gaming to the ExtremeRedefine your gaming reality with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260 graphics, delivering an incredibly true-to-life gaming experience so you can power through games at record speeds and get even more from your multimedia and entertainment.
17'' Widescreen Ultrabright™ Display
Get a full high-definition work and entertainment space with the 17" 1440 x 900 WXGA+ widescreen display, providing great clarity for games and movies and the room to view documents or webpages side by side.
320GB Hard Drive5
Tired of your old computer with your files cramped on its small hard drive? Upgrade yourself to this new Gateway laptop with 320GB of space for your movies, music and more.
Multi-in-1 Media Card Reader6
Ditch the extra wires and cables: This system will read memory cards for digital cameras, camcorders and more of today's technology.
Dedicated Numeric Keypad
This Gateway laptop is outfitted with a dedicated numeric keypad. This compact input device keeps these related keys together and so is easier to use with just one hand when working with numbers. You can get more done, more quickly.
Illuminated Metal Precision-Touch
Multimedia Buttons
Get quick access to your movies and music with the sleek, brushed-metal multimedia control panel, featuring illuminated precision-touch buttons and touch-sensitive volume.
Kensington Lock Slot
You're protected! The Kensington lock slot lets you attach a security cable to help keep your Gateway® laptop safe at school, the coffeehouse, airport lobby, a conference room or any other public place where you need to keep connected.
Gateway Recovery Management
Use Gateway Recovery Management to create a default backup disk and an application and driver backup disk, restore the system to factory default, reinstall apps and drivers, manage password settings, recover from the hard drive and recover from your factory recovery disk.
Norton Security Trial8
Your favorite Anti! Get a 60-day tryout of Norton's newest solution for antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing, website authentication and more.
1-Year Ltd. Warranty/Parts & Labor
Limited warranties & service agreements apply; visit Gateway.com for a free copy. Service agreements are issued and performed by third parties. May not be available in all locations.
  
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Genuine Windows® 7 boasts faster boot times, improved performance, and advances in a number of areas like touch and security. What you'll like most is, Windows® 7 just works: It simplifies everyday tasks, operates the way you want, and makes new things possible.
Microsoft® Works
On this system: Microsoft's latest SE edition of its word processing, spreadsheet, calendar, Internet and e-mail suite. (Note: Certain computers might come with the unsponsored version.)
Sixty Days of Microsoft® Office3
This system comes with a free 60-day trial of Microsoft's indispensable Office 2007 suite.
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FX Design w/ Brushed Metal
Bold and so distinctive it's like nothing else, the FX premium design with brushed metal keyboard surround and a high-impact composite finish accents your gaming and media lifestyle.
Gigabit!
Connect to the Internet and devices faster than ever with this system's Gigabit Ethernet, thanks to more bandwidth and full-duplex capacity.
Integrated 802.11b/g/n Wireless
Roam on! Experience the freedom that wireless has to offer—including the time-tested 802.11b and more advanced 802.11g protocols, but also the newly approved 802.11n standard.
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Wi-Fi Certified™4
Wi-Fi Certified™The Wi-Fi Certfied™ designation assures you that a product has met rigorous interoperability testing requirements—so you know that compatible products from different vendors will work together. Make sure to match your Gateway with accessories with the Wi-Fi Certified™ logo.
Integrated 1.3 Megapixel Webcam
Take pictures of yourself for your website or send a video "hello" across the miles. Plus, shoot and store photos and video.
HD Audio
HD audio provides your system with the support it needs to handle the most cutting-edge audio content. Plus, you'll hear more of your tunes and tones, with auditory playback coming out at a higher quality than systems without HD sound.
Dolby® Sound Room®7
Dolby® Sound Room® lets you enjoy movies, music, and games with an enveloping listening experience thanks to Dolby Headphone (providing personal surround sound with any set of headphones), Sound Space Expander (which widens the sound to wrap it around the listener), and Natural Bass (which extends speaker response by up to an octave).
HDMI™
Enjoy the next generation of viewing today with this system's High-Definition Multimedia Interface, which allows a single cable to transmit uncompressed high-definition video to your digital TV or LCD. Result: The smoothest, sharpest images you've ever seen.
IEEE 1394 FireWire
Thanks to its real-world speed specs and wide high-end device deployment, IEEE 1394 is a favorite for transferring large media files from DV camcorders, digital audio/video devices, external drives and high-performance DVD burners.
eSATA
Are you ready for transfer rates triple those of USB 2.0 and FireWire 400? Then you're ready for eSATA, the hot-swappable option designed for super-fast, super-reliable data transfer from external mass storage devices.
ExpressCard® Expandability
Add memory, communications, multimedia and security features with ease with ExpressCard® and get the reliability, durability and expansion flexibility of PC Cards, yet at half the size.
8x DVD-SuperMulti DL Drive
This model's optical drive, which handles CDs at 24x and DVDs at a variety of fast speeds, boasts double-layer technology for selected formats.
 
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Specs at a glance:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P87001 (2.53GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache)9
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)10
4096MB 1066MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory (2-2048MB modules)11
320GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive5
Chassis with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M Graphics with 1GB of GDDR3 Discrete Video Memory and Intel® PM45 Express Chipset11
Intel® WiFi Link 5100 802.11b/g/Draft-N WiFi CERTIFIED®4

  • 1 Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core, and Core Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
  • 2 Intel, the Intel logo, Centrino and Centrino Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
  • 3 A 60-day complimentary subscription to Microsoft® Office 2007 is included. An Internet connection is required to start the trial.
  • 4 Wi-Fi® certification is for the WLAN module only.
  • 5 MB = 1 million bytes; GB = 1 billion bytes; TB = 1 trillion bytes. Accessible capacity may vary due to preloaded materials and operating environment. Gateway Recovery Management utilizes up to 10 GB of the stated hard disk capacity as dedicated backup space.
  • 6 Certain functions could require use of an adapter supplied with the media card and/or operate in non-secure mode only.
  • 7 Dolby® and Dolby Sound Room® are registered trademarks of Dolby® Laboratories.
  • 8 A 60-day complimentary subscription to the Norton offering is included. An Internet connection is required.
  • 9 Overall system performance is based on several PC attributes; GHz, processor clock speed, is one of the attributes.
  • 10 Windows 64-bit versions are intended to work with 64-bit drivers and peripherals. Windows 32-bit compatible applications work in Windows 64-bit versions. For information about updating drivers and troubleshooting issues with device drivers for 64-bit versions of Windows, contact the manufacturer of the device or program or check the Microsoft website for additional information.
  • 11 Shared system memory may be allocated to support integrated graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors. Actual system memory available to the operating system will be reduced by the amount of dedicated and/or shared system memory utilized by the graphics solution and resources required by the operating environment.
  • 12 Thin-film transistors in liquid-crystal displays commonly produce a small number of discoloration dots. Being a limitation of the TFT LCD technology, these non-conforming pixels are not product defects and so are not covered by warranty.
  • 13 Limited warranties and service agreements apply; visit www.gateway.com for a free copy. Service agreements are issued and performed by third parties. May not be available in all locations. Accidental Damage Protection not available in all states. If a plan is purchased, an on-site service technician will be sent if necessary, following troubleshooting. Availability varies. Other conditions apply.