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Gateway → Gateway Unveiled NX570 Notebooks
Gateway today unveiled the 15.4-inch widescreen Gateway NX570 laptop series, featuring Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom) processor. The company also announced that during the holiday selling season, from now through December 28, the NX570X model will be offered with a $200 instant savings bringing its price down to $699.99. But, the NX570X incorporates older Intel Core Duo (Yonah) CPU.
The NX570 laptop includes dedicated ATI Mobility Radeon x1400 graphics with 128MB of dedicated video memory or integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 supporting up to 128MB of shared system memory. It supports up to 4GB of main memory and has SATA hard drive with storage space ranging from 40GB to 160GB. You can also choose an integrated multi-format double-layer DVD burner or a CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive.
Gateway → Gateway Announced Laptop Battery Recall
Gateway announced today a voluntary recall of approximately 35,000 notebook-use lithium ion batteries containing battery cells manufactured by Sony.
“Under very rare circumstances, these batteries can overheat and create a potential fire hazard. While Gateway has not identified any failures of this type in Gateway systems using the recalled batteries, the company is cooperating with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Sony to act in the interest of customer safety”, Gateway published.