Gateway 500 XL PC Desktop

Pros: Very easy to use. Great for everyday home use.
Cons: Purchased Microsoft Office XP pre-installed, but did not include Powerpoint.

I purchased my Gateway in October of 2001. It was my first PC (I was formerly a Mac user), and it has served me well and has never let me down.
The reasons why I wanted to buy a PC were simple:
1: I needed to use Microsoft Word and Excel at...

Pros: Fast, stable, reliable. Very good buying experience.
Cons: None so far

Purchased:

Gateway 500SE Micro Tower with a 2Ghz processor, 256 RAM, 40Gb hard drive, CD Read-Write/DVD player, 56K modem, Windows XP, Microsoft Works, EV700 17" Monitor. Price was $1199 with a $100 mail-in rebate = $1099.

I also...

Pros: Great features, good speed and best of all, a nice, low price
Cons: Support is time-limited but can be extended for extra fee

When picking out a computer, I first considered Dell because of the great experience my mom has had with her computer. I then shifted my focus to Gateway because of its much lower prices for computers with the same specifications. When I ended up...

Pros: Speed, Overall Package, Software
Cons: NONE

I purchased this computer in September, paying $1952 (CAD) and I love it. I used to own a P3, 800 MHZ, and this computer blows it out of the water.

Here are the Specs:
Pentium 4
CPU Speed 2.26 GHz
Hard Drive Capacity 80GB...

Pros: Great 17" flat-panel, good support available
Cons: None

8/2003 One year Update:
I still have no problems with the computer. The computer is doing well, still fast and zero crashes ever. About 4 months ago, I bought an extra 512 megs of DDR RAM for the machine, because I saw a great deal. I have a...

Pros: Solid computer, well designed case, great tech support
Cons: None thus far

I'm a systems administrator at the University of California and support 1000 desktop/laptop computers. We see a lot of different classes of machines and a lot of different brands. When we have to go buy computers, we typically buy either Gateways or...

Pros: Value; Many features; Support
Cons: Gateway Store; CPU seems a bit loud

I just bought the Gateway 500XL at the end of 2002. I initially went to a Gateway Country Store and was so put off by their attitude that I considered not buying a Gateway. Dealing with their Sales/Customer Service on-line and telephone was much...

Pros: Fast machine, wonderful speed. Never breaks down or freezes up
Cons: Complaints pending with Better Business Bureau & 2 Attorney's General.

I purchased this computer on 5/10/03 at a Gateway Country Store. Unlike any other computers, I have not had *ANY* problems with it. It has been virtually problem free, other than the poor response I have had from Gateway. To this day, my serial ...

Pros: None so far.
Cons: DVD-RW/CD-RW drive is unreliable; whole system crashes a lot; service folks are rude.

I searched around for a "his" and a "hers" computer this Christmas. My wife and I each got a new system, and I thought I'd done well by going with Gateway.

Well, two new computers and less than a week later, and BOY do I feel cheated. Often,...

Pros: Fast, comes with a lot of software, LCD monitor takes up a lot less space.
Cons: none

I am very happy with this computer. It is very fast even when you have a lot of programs open. I have not had any problems at all since i bought this computer in February. DVD's work perfectly with it. IT worked perfectly out of the box and was very easy...

Pros: It's pretty powerful, and has a nice looking display.
Cons: Tech support is horribly underqualified.

If it were 5 years ago, when we purchased our 350, there would be nothing but praises. Things certainly have changed... I had a bit of trouble ordering over the phone, haggling with the sales rep. I still swear I had purchased 512M of RAM and when th ...

Pros: Quiet operation, sharp new tower design
Cons: No CD-ROM drive

This system has been up and running for about a month now. In the box came the tower, flat panel as well as the necessary cables and a large easy enough to follow setup sheet as well as a well thought out manual for the unit. The unit has worked well...

Pros: um...i know there was one of them
Cons: anything not listed in the pros.

Where do i start with this wonderful piece of work? Well, I bought the gateway 500 series, top of the line model, got a 17 inch screen that came with it and all. It was a great computer at first. but then, after a little while, it couldn't handle many...

Pros: Very Quick Delivery! System looks Great! Excellant Monitor! Easy Set Up!
Cons: None so far.

This is an early review as I have only had this PC for about 2 days but here it goes:

It has a Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.66GHz w/ 512K L2 Advanced Transfer Cache and 533MHz FSB HDW , 768MB RAM, 80 Gigabyte HD, 128MB Nvidia graphics card,...

Pros: Fast, reliable, fun
Cons: Hard drive listed as 80G -- is actually 74.5G

Bought the 500X. Easy set-up, easy to use, great looking, excellent flat-screen video display. Can play and record both CDs and DVDs. Have had a couple of problems, tech support gave me the info. I needed to know, though they were reluctant to tell me...