Gateway has a full line of notebooks that come in all sizes. The company is also closely related to Acer, which has the most popular netbook on the market with its Aspire One. Last year Gateway launched a pair of new notebook lines called the MC and MD series. The difference was a scant 0.6-inches in screen size with the MC line using a 16-inch LCD and the MD using a 15.4-inch screen.

The MC and MD machines had the same chassis design and Gateway has launched a new notebook line called the TC series that uses the same chassis design with a smaller 14-inch screen. The notebook is low priced at $649.99. At a low price point, you can’t expect top-of-the-line hardware inside, but the TC should perform decently enough.

The notebook uses a 2GHz Intel Pentium dual-core CPU, 4GB or RAM, Intel GMA 4500M graphics and has a built-in DVD burner. Storage is to a 320GB HDD and the operating system is Windows Vista Home Premium. Power comes from a 6-cell lithium ion battery and the entire machine weighs 5.3 pounds.

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