Gateway is quickly followed by news of his desktop with a relatively high style, but thrifty notebook line for the back-to-school audience. The NV series is a minimalist, high-gloss design with a relatively stable barrel hinge and touch-sensitive hotkeys. At the same time, the notebook, the costs with a 15.6-inch, 1366×768 (but LED-backlit) display and the lower end mobile AMD or Intel chips.

Two of the shortcut buttons alternately automate backups to external hard drives and on a standard energy-saving setting.

The starter model ships in the vicinity of Netbook pricing at $ 500 with a 2.1GHz Athlon 64 X2, 4GB RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and an integrated level for the Radeon HD 3200 graphics, it only comes in brown. Add an additional $ 100 will switch to a faster 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo, while other functions, albeit at the expense of slower GMA 4500 video. It also changes to a bright blue.

Gateway did not say if the NV models begin shipping, but has teased that high-end models, including versions with Blu-ray drives, 500 GB of storage and cover in black or red.

via techfresh