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The 2.7kg Gateway MT6825B laptop packs in significant technology for the asking price of £500. It's based on Intel's Napa platform and benefits further from the inclusion of a dual-core Merom-based CPU that provides class-leading performance with minimal cooling required.
We're also impressed by the sleek lines and build quality of this budget laptop. Gateway, too, hasn't skimped on the software bundle, with retail models shipping with Microsoft's Vista Premium and Works 8.5.
Gamers will need to look elsewhere, though, as the Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics simply crumble in the face of any modern games engine run at reasonable resolutions, but we fully understand that adding discrete graphics to a fully-featured sub-£500 laptop isn't profitable from a manufacturer's point of view.
The warranty's not the best, and an ExpressCard slot would have been great, sure, yet we can still recommend the Gateway MT6825B to a wide range of buyers looking for a well-priced, slim, powerful, quiet laptop that's more than capable of handling everyday tasks.
HEXUS Awards
The Gateway MT6825B is awarded the HEXUS Media Recommended gong for amalgamating quality technologies into a sensible laptop that's priced at competitive levels.
Gateway MT6825B
