Gateway SX2850-01 Desktop (Black) | 
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| Brand: Gateway
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $549.99
Our Price: $529.99
You Save: $20.00 (4%)
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 42
Color: Black
Media: Personal Computers
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 3
CPU Type: Intel Core i3
Processors: 1
System Memory: 4
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 1
Free Memory Slots: 4
USB Ports: 11
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 12.4 x 10.4
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MPN: PT.GAZ02.020
Model: SX2850-01
UPC: 884483175376
EAN: 0884483175376
ASIN: B003N2OYN6
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| Features:
| • | Unleash your creative side with the Gateway SX2850 Desktop featuring powerful Intel Core i3 performance, 4GB DDR3 Memory and an expansive 1TB Hard Drive packed in a sleek compact design that takes up very little desk space. | | • | Smart performance starts with the new Intel Core i3 processor. Serving as the perfect threshold for a fast and responsive PC experience, it features 4-way multitasking processor power to work on four tasks simultaneously. | | • | Integrated Intel graphics make the most of your visual experience with stunning visuals, beautiful video playback, and excellent mainstream gaming performance. Plus, the SX2850 offers high-def 5.1-channel audio support. | | • | Store games, movies, videos, music and more! Huge 1TB Hard Drive provides generous storage for work and entertainment along with the speed to quickly access them. | | • | Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos and music. Get the best entertainment experience on your PC! |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 8
 Completely Satisfied with This PC September 6, 2010
Manhattan Marian (New York, NY USA)
This PC is beyond fast. It comes with Windows 7 which like all microsoft software has issues. But the PC itself is great. It is very compact and lightweight. Setting it up and using it are both extremely simple. The price is very reasonable. (n.b.: no monitor is included, and the included microsoft word processor has ads on it. I recommend trying Corell Wordperfect, a much superior word processing package.) JandR shipped it so quickly; I got it the day after I ordered it.
Gateway Desktop Tower August 28, 2010
Barbara A. Blodgett (Wisconsin USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Love the size of the tower. The keyboard is pretty plain and the mouse is not cordless. The problem is Windows 7. I hate it and it comes equipped with it. That is the only drawback.
Very satisfied so far August 27, 2010
J. Reed
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 2003 entry-level DELL had been giving me trouble for the last couple of years. It got to the point where I was having to reformat it every single week, and even after doing so, simple things like typing in the address bar would lag about a full minute behind my inputs, even from fresh boot-ups (which took about 5 minutes just to get to desktop itself)Forget about multi-tasking in several windows, I could barely "run" one, and I use the term loosely.Youtube videos? Forget 720/1080 resolutions, my system stuttered and would often lock up running 360p. I was sick and tired of my ancient DELL as well as the dinosaur known as Windows XP, I literally couldn't do any of the simple things I wanted.
WIth a few of my college classes requiring online software, and that I would need to type reports with Word, and not trusting my junky Dell, I got with the times and ordered this Gateway model. Startup/shutdown is lightning quick. Web pages load almost instantly. The built-in WIFI is MUCH quicker AND reliable. Windows 7 seems to be a great product, at least compared to my experiences with XP. Youtube videos can be viewed in full 1080 HD, with no stuttering and no need to pause and let the stream "catch up" to my WIFI DL speeds. Big thanks to Amazon for the college student PRIME offer. It gave me free 2 day shipping, which was a lifesaver in keeping me from falling behind in my classes.
The form-factor wasn't a big issue with me choosing this PC, bet it IS nice to have a unit nearly 1/3 of the size of my old Dell. The Gateway is much less of a "tower" than the old unit. It is roughly the size of an XBOX 360, making it a fine choice if you are hooking it up to a living room LCD bigscreen. It even has HDMI, making it even more tempting to do this.
My only two very minor complaints are the WIFI antenna doesn't just plug into the back like I expected. It does connect there, but the wire runs to a suction cup antenna that sits on top of the PC. It dosen't match the sleekness of the PC itself, and the the cup looses grip often. The other issue is the bundled VGA cord is way too short (about half the length of my Dell's) I guess they expect you to either make due or use your old cable.
This is a great PC that is perfect for those like me that have squeezed every drop of usage from their old computers. The price is very reasonable for the power it packs, and I would estimate that I will save 6 hours or so per week thanks to the quick startups, lack of crashes, and from not having to reformat on a weekly basis. A+
 Power failure August 22, 2010
K. Kim (Folsom, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As soon as the unit was connected to the (surge protected) power strip, the blue light at the power button (switch) lit up (which looked odd since I was expecting to push the button by myself to turn it on like any other computers or electronic devices). Afterward, nothing happened and the monitor indicated no input from VGA. And, I turned off the power switch (button) and the blue light went out as expected. A subsequent numerous retrying to push the button resulted in no power (no blue light). And, as a last resort, turned off & on the power strip and that triggered the power turned on momently (observed the fan ran a few seconds and died). At this point, the only consolation was that I bought it from Amazon.com and I quickly arranged it to return with no hassle as usual and they are going to ship another unit with one day delivery service next week. With this kind of catastrophic problem (which I never encountered before), I am a concerned with whether I am going to run into the same problem right away again or not too distant future, and then I would have no luxury of returning the unit for replacement or refund except tedious & time consuming warranty service) or what other problems I would encounter with Gateway. I hope I could update the rating at higher level once I try the replacement unit.
Update: The power failure (on arrival) appeared to be one time bad experience. Additional unrelated bad experience: Amazon's promised one day delivery of replacement didn't happen (it turned out the new shipment went back to the Amazon fullfilment center from UPS with undeliverable as a reason). With two such bad experience in a row, I almost have given up on Gateway PC for good. Yet, while searching for an alternative option, I happened to find out there was a real good deal for this particular unit at the local Fry's at $449.99, hence one more chance on this PC. So far, it works just fine and appears to be a money worth purchase.
So Far, So Good...but Lacks Ports of Last Year's Model August 9, 2010
Jeffrey Ornstein (Brooklyn, NY United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was looking to replace my 7-year old Dell Dimension which simply could not handle HD video. And XP was an aging operating system. Therefore, upgrading made sense.
I've had the computer for a week, and so far, so good. Set up was easy and simple. At the same time I bought this computer, I also ordered a 22" 1080p LG monitor. Both products work flawlessly together. Graphics are beautiful, and I'm impressed with the updated Intel HD graphics. I'm not a gamer, but for everything else, it's quite impressive. Plays hi-def videos very well. So no problem there.
One issue with the hardware is the power button. It takes a considerable amount of pressure to turn on. Similar issue with the DVD button. The DVD button issue was a problem with the 2840, and unfortunately, is probably carried over to the 2850 as well.
One disappointment is the lack of a variety of ports from last year's model. The 2850 has no optical out (already discussed in other reviews), and it doesn't have firewire or eSATA. I don't know if I'll use optical or eSATA, but it would be good to have just in case. I have an older canon mini-DV tape video camera which I use from time to time. I'll need to download to my laptop and transfer via sd card if I want to edit on the Gateway. But to the 2850's credit, it does have 11 - yes - 11, USB ports. Which is quite handy. I'm already using 7 of them.
Another let-down is the reduction in RAM. The 2850 does have faster RAM than the 2840. And slightly faster processor. But 6 gigs of ram would have been nice.
I guess a plus of this model is the addition of wireless. But I'm hard-wired, so it's not much of a feature for me.
So, it's a nice computer that I hope lasts a few years. Great graphics with a 1080p monitor, 11 usb ports and fast and quiet operation makes it a good value choice. The glossy finishes are also attractive and the small form factor is somewhat a plus as well.
Keyboard and mouse are ok - I'm using them with no problem.
But bring your own speakers - they're not included.....
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