As PC makers flood the market with new laptops based on the Intel Core i processors, anticipation of a refresh of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air builds every week

Gateway has overcome a major drawback found in most notebooks. The new EC14D series notebook launched by the company comes equipped with a DVD writer which is generally lacking in notebooks. This sets the EC14D apart from notebooks manufactured by Asus, Acer, Dell, HP(HP dv3000 Battery) and Lenovo. The notebook boasts of 8x Multi double-layer DVD drive.

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I have lamented for a while now as I have tested netbooks that they are all so close to identical that once you test one netbook,PA3595U-1BRS , you have pretty much tested them all. Out of all the netbooks I have tested over the last few months, the only things that typically change from one brand to another is the name on the front of the computer and maybe the case design.

The machines are aimed at a very specific target audience, one that likes to game and is willing to pay the big bucks portable gaming machines demand. Today I have the Smooth Creations 18.4 notebook on my test bench and the thing is a beast.

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It's always nice to have a change of pace and today I am looking at a new ultraportable notebook from Gateway(Gateway 3000 Battery). The machine looks like a netbook at first glance, but has notebook hardware crammed inside the small chassis. The small size makes the machine very portable and it feels like a netbook in the hand.

This is a solid configuration that produced speedy results in our tests. It scored 100 in WorldBench 6, which is approximately 19 points shy of what a PC with a latest-generation CPU, such as an Intel Core i5, can achieve. This means that multitasking will be brisk, and it will run most applications without any sluggishness, including Adobe Photoshop. It's powerful enough to undertake more taxing tasks, too, such as media encoding and 3D rendering. In Blender 3D it recorded a time of 1min, and in iTunes it recorded an MP3 encoding time of 57sec — not too bad at all for an all-in-one PC!

We like the speed of the Studio XPS 8000 and think it's a potent PC for home use or for a small office. However, its design isn't as good as we'd we're used to seeing from machines that brandish the XPS letters. Its internal layout is cramped and awkward, its external design is too glossy and assumes you'll want to place it on the floor instead of up high, and upgrades through Dell(Inspiron 6400 battery) will be very expensive. That said, if you don't foresee yourself wanting to upgrade, you have no problems with the design of the case, and you want a potent PC for your family, then the Studio XPS 8000 is a good option. For $1999, you also get a 23in Full HD widescreen monitor.