I haven't run into any issues yet, just the typical bloatware that was installed on the PC by gateway. One other annoyance with the scroll function on the mousepad. The right area is dedicated to the scroll function, and it's not quite as responsive as I'd like, but so far, that's my only complaint about this laptop (one that I'll not have to deal with once I get a compatible USB mouse).
I have played both Titan Quest and Age of Empires 3, with the detail cranked all the way up, and while I had to dial back a couple of the settings, the laptop has performed admirably well. I haven't had a chance to load any FPS games yet, but feel that I'll be able to run those at medium settings.
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I've had this laptop for four years and still today, it's quick and meets all my needs. I even got upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 for free from the Gateway/Microsoft deal that occured. One of my favorite features is HDMI, that allows for plugging this into a LCD/Plasma for watching movies in hotel rooms and at home for some streaming movies. The battery now has a little trouble making it through a full Dvd movie, but does well if the movie is on the Hard Drive -the fact that it still lasts longer than an hour on battery power amazes me considering most four year old batteries wouldn't survive longer than a few minutes (besides, when I'm using it I'm usually near a power source these days).Best laptop I have ever owned.
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This thing heated up fast within minutes. Within a couple of months after purchase, it couldn't be turned on. I sent it back for repair under warranty. It was returned with a new motherboard as I was told. Same problems persisted. It finally stopped working after 2 years. Meanwhile my second hand (6 years old) Lenova T61(T7300)is still kicking.Honest reviews on Gateway Md2614u Laptop Notebook Pc, AMD Turion X2 Rm-72 Dual-core
I have had this laptop for almost 3 years. I had updated the memory and nothing else has been done.I had lost the charger and got myself ebay replacement which destroyed the port by expanding. Gateway fixed the port for free and sent me a replacement charger.
I did get lot of viruses which made the laptop overheat so linux or replacing the windows every two month will help you last this computer for very long time.
only complaint is speakers and wifi card (not as good as other laptops but if you have excellent router this will not be a issue).
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It's an Okay laptop. A little slow running (thanks in partially to how much of a resource hog vista is). If you can get one with windows 7 I would. I personally received this laptop from my mother so it's little on the old side (maybe a year or two). I suppose it's not horrible for the price.The looks are nice except for the fact that the outside attracts finger smudges like there's no tomorrow.
Does the job as far as running various programs. I personally am a Graphic Design/ Computer Animation student in college. This computer can run programs such as photoshop, indesign, and lightwave fairly decently without any freezing.
The battery on this pretty much sucks.... It stopped charging to full charge within only a few months of use. however I think this may also have been an issue with vista itself not recognizing the charge? As since installing linux it seems to be charging right.
Also my charge cord broke after not to long. But this may have just been how my mother was using it before she gave it to me.
I recently have had a problem with it where the computers shell (vista) began to have issues....for some reason I didn't get the disc or anything with this to reinstall it. I had to install linux (ubuntu 10.04lts for the curious) on it. seems to have made the laptop run much faster so far. The built in camera is not automatically detected...still trying to see if its compatible with linux. Really not an issue unless you want linux...which most users won't. The fact that windows went wonky on my laptop is more a bad luck issue then anything else so It's not something to worry about to much when purchasing just make sure you have windows instillation cds or the company is willing to telly you how to reinstall windows when you buy it is all.
The only true bad thing I can say about this laptop is that the keyboard is crappy. you really have to slam the keys down to get the laptop to recognize all the letters you type. Which is annoying as it will occasionally not even accept some letters and so yo'll have typos where you'll be missing only one letter in the word (and in the entire sentence as shown by my awesome you'll typo..... -_-;)
What the kid said above is true...it's a little heavy though certainly not the heaviest computer.
okay graphics card...not amazing. will play some games like call of duty and the sims...but nothing to graphic heavy.
Soooo the breakdown.
Cons:
Crap keyboard (have to press really hard to get all your letters typed)
Sloooooow internet (with vista...don't know about xp or 7)
Possible bad battery (though not sure since it now charges fine under linux)
Webcam not auto detected wit linux (not suprising...and probably not useful info to most people)
possible delicate cord
didn't get shell backup
Pros:
fairly nice looking
works for everyday use
can run programs that use a lot of ram and not crash (like photoshop, lightwave)
runs well speed wise under linux (probably with windows7 to)
Fairly good for the price (especially if you generally have better luck with computer then me and my family. lol)
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