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Gateway GM5066B - Trusted Reviews

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Trusted Reviews have published their review of the affordable Gateway GM5066B desktop PC. 'Today I’m looking at one of Gateway’s new line of PCs that ships with Windows Vista preinstalled. Being the Home Premium version of Microsoft’s latest OS, the PC has a strong emphasis on multimedia, with the inclusion of a TV tuner card and Windows Media Center remote. Also, rounding out the multimedia buzzword credentials of the PC, it conforms to Intel’s Viiv standard. However, the GM5066B isn’t a Media Center PC that you would expect to sit quietly under your TV and is more of a typical family all-rounder, just with a few bells and whistles added on.

Whether all these multimedia additives will ever be used by your average family remains to be seen – who really has a TV aerial in their office or wants to have a PC in their lounge? – but certainly I could see this sort of PC being perfect for a student or teenager. However, if you’re into your games you’re definitely going to want to save your pennies for something with a bit more oomph, either that or buy a graphics card separately and swap out the pitiful GeForce 7300 LE that comes with this machine.

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Posted by HCG Admin on March 12, 2007 3:05 PM |

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