Gateway's 400Mhz machine uses hardware DVD decode. It must be better than software...........................................
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Editors' Choice
May 26, 1998
Gateway G6-400
These new Pentium II/400 PCs are remarkable not only for speed but for price as well. Our Editors' Choice winner, the Gateway G6-400 ($2,954 direct), is a perfect example. The Gateway G6-400 comes with all the features you could want: an STB Velocity 128 AGP card, SDRAM, a 17-inch MAG monitor, a 9.6GB ATA-4 IBM hard disk, and a Toshiba DVD drive-all for under $3,000. The system also boasts terrific PCI-based Ensoniq audio, complemented by Boston Acoustic speakers with subwoofer as well as hardware-based DVD and MPEG-2 decoding, and good DVD playback quality. All of these components added up to great performance across our tests. Gateway rounds out this offering with Microsoft Office 97 Small Business Edition. The unit has a three-year parts and labor warranty-slightly better than most-and one year of on-site service and 24-hour toll-free technical support.
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