Gateway LT Series

Gateway LT1004u

Notebook Specifications

60% Gateway LT1004u 8.9-inch Netbook Subnotebook Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews
Gateway LT1004u 8.9-inch Netbook Subnotebook Laptop PC The Gateway LT1004u is essentially a rebadged Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch netbook. They share the same base features, functions and flaws. Since it uses an 8.9-inch display, it is smaller than many of the newer 10-inch models. The big problem is that the Gateway LT1004u is more expensive than a comparable Acer Aspire One. So, unless you want the two toned color design of the Gateway, it is better to purchase the Aspire One.
60, Preis 40
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/04/2009
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 40%

Gateway LT3103u

Notebook Specifications

70% Gateway LT3103u
Source: PC Mag
Lately, as soon as Acer launched a new netbook, Gateway wasn't far behind with something similar. Case in point: The Gateway LT3103u ($380 street) looks eerily similar to the Acer Aspire One (A0751h) in that both have unusually large widescreens and keyboards. In fact, they are practically identical until you take a peek at under the hood: AMD parts, too, are unusual finds in a netbook. With them, the LT3103u is slightly faster than the Atom-based A0751h, albeit at the expense of battery life. The Gateway LT3103u goes against everything that coined the term netbook, but you'll like the price, 11-inch screen, and the full size keyboard.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/04/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%

72% Gateway LT3103u
Source: CNet
In the battle for Netbook market share supremacy, Intel's Atom CPU stands nearly unchallenged, despite a handful of offerings with AMD and Via CPUs. So it's surprising we found so much to like about the 11.6-inch Gateway LT3103u, which uses an AMD Athlon 64 L110 processor to provide a smoother overall experience than most Atom-powered Netbooks, while keeping the price in the typical Netbook ballpark. The 11-inch, AMD-powered Gateway LT3103u does well on price and performance, but drops the ball on battery life when compared with the competition.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/27/2009
Rating: Total score: 72% performance: 80% mobility: 60%

80% Gateway LT3103u 11.6-inch Netbook Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews
Gateway has decided to buck the trend of the netbook market and used the AMD processor with ATI graphics that make the LT3103u a very unique system. While it still retains the netbook dimensions, the system certainly provides a higher level of performance especially in the graphics department. There are downsides to this though. Most notable is the system, even with a six cell battery, has a much lower battery life than competing systems based on the Atom processors.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/22/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

60% Gateway LT3103u
Source: Laptop Mag

The Gateway LT Series represents netbooks’ first awkward steps into adolescence. With an 11.6-inch display, it’s almost as big as a traditional notebook, but while its AMD CPU is more powerful than Intel Atom chips, it still has a way to go before it can compete with ULV processors. But for now, the increase in power is not enough to overcome its lack of endurance when compared to the Acer Aspire One 751h, which is $50 less expensive, or the ASUS Eee PC 1101HA, which costs $30 more. Still, the LT3013u’s design and $399 price tag makes it attractive for those looking for a larger netbook with more grown-up specs.

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/19/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%

93% Gateway LT3103u
Source: Computer Shopper
On paper, many netbooks are indistinguishable from one another. Most adhere stoically to an unbending regimen of specs: an Atom-based processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB of storage, a 10.1-inch screen, a three-cell battery, and a price that hovers around $500. But Gateway, with one of its two initial series of netbooks, has created a netbook design that’s anything but ho-hum. An Athlon CPU and aggressive pricing raise Gateway's first netbook from “standard” to “standout.”
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 93%

Gateway LT2016u

Notebook Specifications

70% Gateway LT2016u
Source: Laptop Mag
We’re pretty firm in our stance that paying $60 per month for data is a lot when it’s just for a single device that likely won’t be your primary PC. In general we recommend that users purchase a USB modem (or MiFi), so they can share the data connection across multiple PCs and make the most of that monthly fee. But if you’re sold on the idea of paying less than half of what you would normally pay for a netbook with a six-cell battery, the Gateway LT2016u is a solid choice. We wish the touchpad and touch button were both larger—and that it ran cooler—but this netbook’s strong 3G data performance and slick, compact design make it worth considering.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/05/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%

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Gateway: Gateway, Incorporated. is a computer hardware company based in California which develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories. AOL acquired Gateway.net, the online component of Gateway  Inc., in 1999. 2007, Acer completed its acquisition of Gateway for approximately US$710 million. The market share outside of the US market is rather low.

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Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

ATI Radeon Xpress X1270: Built in RS690T chipset and is based on an X700 graphics core (with less pipelines). It features no dedicated graphics memory but Vista Aero support.

>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).

AMD Athlon 64: This is a derivative of the Athlon 64 with SSE3 with nx storage protection, 32 and 64 bit support, integrated memory controller for PC3200 memory, mode for low capacity, HT800 and 2 variants ML with 35 Watt and MB with 25 Watt consumption. Regarding the consumption MT might be very similar to a Pentium M. The speed is moderate and approximately as fast as an Pentium M with equivalent clock speed.

8.9: This is a very small format, which is used for UMPC, Netbooks or Subotebooks. There hardly exist any models with this display format. Working for a long time is uncomfortable. This tiny display is intended for outdoor usage.
The advantage is, that the mini-notebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.

10.1: The netbook/subnotebook has a quite small display format. Nonetheless, it is a common format for netbooks. The advantage is, that the subnotebook/netbook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes. It is difficult to use high resolutions.

>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

1 kg:

This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

1.4 kg:

This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist only few sub-notebooks, which weight less. 10 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

72.14%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.