The Gateway UC7807U laptop model is an Intel core processor with a 13-inch screen that features quality components and a good computer for most Internet users. This is a portable way to surf the web. Although the battery life could be a little longer, but this model has the option of power management to help extend the amount of time the AC battery will last when the notebook is running on the battery.

The Gateway UC7807U features a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and 3072 MB DDR II SDRAM giving it the speed to do all of the computer user’s tasks while on the Internet and off for multi tasking or videos and other media.

This is a laptop that is easy to travel with at a weight of about 6 pounds and in the price range of under $1,000, and a 13-inch wide screen. The Gateway UC7807U is able to handle the everyday jobs and also a good computer for entertainment for the average computer user. Another laptop in the same price range is the HP Pavilion dv3z, which also features a 13-inch screen.

The specifications for the Gateway 13-inch wide screen laptop that make it a good mulit tasking machine for most computer user’s are:

• 2GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor
• 3GB memory with 667MHz DDR2
• A 250 GB 5,400 rpm hard drive
• An Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD integrated graphics card
• Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit operating system
• The dimensions are 12.6 inches wide by 9.4 inches deep, with a height of 1.5 inches
• The laptop weight is 5.3 pounds and with the AC adapter weight is 6.1 pounds
• The chipset is Intel GM45
• Video is VGA-out, HDMI and VGA- out
• Audio is stereo speakers, headphone and microphone jack
• 3 USB 2.0, multiformat media card reader
• Expansion is express card/34
• For networking there is an Ethernet 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
• The optical drive is a DVD burner

The Gateway UC7807U is a ready to go laptop with all of the standard features that most computer user’s need with a moonstone gloss exterior and a bushed black metal palm rest. The keyboard features touch controls for media play back that reside above the keyboard for ease of use. The keyboard has all the functionality that is important and rounded left and right click buttons for easy clicking. The 13.3-inch wide screen is an LCD with 1,280×800 pixel native resolution giving it a bright display for graphics, photos, text and video. The color and contrast are more than adequate for graphics, media and photos.

The six-cell battery has a life of approximately 2 ½ hours during normal use surfing the Internet, working on text documents and other daily use. When used for videos or other graphics, such as DVD movies the battery life can be a little shorter as is expected. The Gateway UC7807U has no slowdown when using it on battery, for office documents and even when used for videos. The battery life can be extended with power monitoring management during AC battery use that is easily changed when needed and changed back when not needed.

The 3 GB ram in the UC7807U is upgradeable to 4GB after purchase, since the Gateway is standard retail only model rather than ordered. The upgrade can be done for better multi tasking with the 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor and the 250 GB 5,400 rpm hard drive.

This Gateway laptop model comes with the standard one year guarantee for parts, labor coverage and return to depot service and they also offer a 24 hour a day toll free technical support phone line 7 days a week. Their website offers live online chatting with technicians and email support. There are FAQ’s found on the website, which include the specs and upgrade options information. The usual driver downloads will be found at the Gateway website for the UC7807U model to keep it up to date.

The Gateway UC7807U notebook is the lightweight multi-tasking machine that is great for travel or home use with a quality Intel processor. The models large hard drive space for most users’ and an acceptable amount of ram for work and entertainment, along with the 13-inch wide screen makes it a very usable traveling laptop or home notebook.

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