New Gateway EC14, EC54 and EC58 Laptops Announced
October 20, 2009 – 8:21 pm
Gateway has announced three new EC Series laptops, namely the Gateway EC14, EC54 and EC58. The Gateway EC14, EC54 and EC58, each based on CULV laptops that offers a long lasting battery up to 8 hours battery life. The Gateway EC14 has a 11.6-inch HD Widescreen LED-backlit display, while the Gateway EC54 and EC58 both have 15.6-inch HD Widescreen LED-backlit display.
The Gateway EC14 comes equipped with a choice of processor including an Intel Ultra Low Voltage Pentium Dual Core, Celeron Dual Core and Celeron (single core) processors and features a hard drive up to 500GB in capacity, 4GB of memory that may be upgraded to 8GB, multi-in-1 media card reader, Windows 7Home Premium 64-bit OS and comes in Cherry Red and NightSky Black.
The Gateway EC54 and EC5 laptops both comes in Arctic Silver and Pacific Blue colors, and features an ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo or Pentium dual-core processor, 320GB of SATA Hard Drive and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 8x DVD-SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS and integrated 802.11b/g Draft-N wireless.
The new Gateway EC Series CULV laptops will be available on October 22. Here are the sample configurations and pricing of the new Gateway EC Series CULV laptops :
Gateway EC1430u – MSRP $549.99
- Intel® Pentium Dual Core Processor SU4100 (1.3GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- 11.6-inch HD Widescreen Ultrabright LED-backlit TFT LCD (1366 x 768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)
- Mobile Intel®GS45 Express Chipset
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
- 4096MB DDR2 Dual-Channel 667MHz memory upgradeable to 8GB
- 320GB(2) 5400RPM SATA hard drive
- Integrated webcam
- Multi-in-1 digital media card reader
- Intel® WiFi Link 1000 802.11b/g/Draft-N WiFi CERTIFIED® featuring MIMO technology
- Gigabit Ethernet LAN
- Three USB 2.0 ports
- HDMI port
- Multi-Gesture Touchpad with Keypad lock
- Standard 6-cell Li-ion (5600 mAh) Battery
- Gateway MyBackup Button
- 3.93 lbs.
- 11.2” (W) x 0.87-1.18” to 1.18” (H) x 8.03” (D)
Gateway EC5409u MSRP $649.99
- Intel Pentium® Dual-Core Processor SU4100 (1.30GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- 15.6-inch HD Widescreen Ultrabright LED-backlit TFT LCD (1366 x 768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)
- Mobile Intel®GS45 Express Chipset
- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
- 4096MB DDR3 Dual-Channel 1066MHz memory upgradeable to 8GB
- 320GB(2) 5400RPM SATA hard drive
- 8x DVD-SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive
- Integrated HD webcam
- Multi-in-1 digital media card reader
- 2nd Generation Dolby Sound Room® Audio Enhancement
- Intel® WiFi Link 1000 802.11b/g/Draft-N WiFi CERTIFIED® featuring MIMO technology
- Gigabit Ethernet LAN
- Three USB 2.0 ports
- HDMI port
- Multi-Gesture Touchpad with Keypad lock
- Dedicated numeric keypad
- Standard 6-cell Li-ion (5600 mAh) Battery
- 5.29 lbs.
- 14.85” (W) x 1.01-1.08” (H) x 10.0” (D)
