this is BETTER (except for the Gateway can do RAID 0) than that gateway notebook and cheaper. I don't like 17" notebooks anyway, too big to really be a laptop.
I carry around a very similar edition to the Gateway 17" P model FX series.. the full keyboard with number pad is VERY convenient and nice, but oh yea, it is pretty big as well. For the 17", it really depends though on how willing you are to carry it, if you take it with you a lot
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