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Gateway Quad Core Desktop Computer

$599.99 + $5 shipping

condition:

Refurbished

product(s):

1 Gateway GT5628 Intel 2.4GHz Q6600 Quad Core, 3GB, 500GB , DL DVDRW, 8500GT, Vista Home Premium

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Four on the Core

What are you snickering about? Gateway isn’t the penny-ante patsy people say it is. They can make a computer just as good as anybody. Or most companies. Or some companies. Anyway, they’re not the worst. And the Gateway GT5628 Desktop Computer is as non-worst a computer as you’ll find on the market today. Probably.

Still giggling? Well, the Intel® Core™ 2 Q6600 2.4GHz Quad Core Processor ought to shut you up. You’re probably running some wheezing, clanking old dual-core jalopy, right? Well, this here’s a souped-up Quad Core hot rod. That’s right – four, count ‘em, four cores! We haven’t seen performance this powerful since Denzel played Malcolm X. It can all be yours, assuming you can find apps that are optimized for four cores. There aren’t many. But you’ll thank us in 2013, if your Gateway GT5628 is stll running by then.

What’s that? Still not convinced that Gateway can bring the computing pain? What about the jaw-dropping NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT video card? Huh? Huh? What about the 3GB of RAM, and that massive 500GB hard drive?

Yeah, thought so. Drop the negativity and the skepticism and face the fact that the Gateway GT5628 exceeds Windows Vista requirements. Now, I’m sure you’ll want to take back some of the nasty things you’ve said about – what’s that? Oh, you hate Vista, too, huh? There’s just no pleasing some people.

Warranty: 90 Day Gateway

Features:

• Intel® Core 2 Q6600 2.4GHz Quad Core Processor
• 3072MB PC2-5300 RAM installed (two 1024MB and two 512MB modules)
• 500GB 7200 RPM SATA II hard drive
• DVD ±RW 18X multi-format dual layer drive
• NVIDIA GeForce® 8500GT 256MB with DVI and VGA
  
• 15-in-1 media card reader
• Integrated 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio
• 56K ITU V.92 ready Fax/Modem
• Microsoft Vista Home Premium Installed