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Gateway P3-866 Review

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Steve
Reviewed July 2001.

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This PC was supposed to wash away all
the trouble I had with my G6-400. The
P3 processor is supposed to be faster
than the Celeron 400 but, sorry to say
this, it isnt. Applications like Word
and Photoshop take ages to open, the
Startup folder takes even longer. The
hard drive whirrs and buzzes like a saw
and games performance is well below
par. I have already had occasion to
contact AOL, my Internet provider. They
suggest that the Startup takes so long
because my File Allocation Tables are
messed up. I defrag WEEKLY, I run
Norton almost daily and still I get
freeze ups and internet drop outs.
Gateway will undoubtedly blame the
Internet itself, unreliable, slow etc.
I accept that, but what is more
annoying is waiting an eternity for a
simple letter to be filed away when I
am using Word.

The P3 simply does not seem to have the
capacity to deal with large
applications. I could list countless
other problems but to what end. After
all I would not want another Gateway
after my experiences over the last two
years.

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Owned for 6 months.

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