Gateway E-475M Business-Class Laptop Introduced

Gateway today introduced E-475M, the 15.4-inch widescreen 1280×800 business notebook, based on Intel “Santa Rosa” Centrino platform.

Gateway E-475M is configurable the latest 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processors with 800MHz front side bus, including T7100 at 1.8GHz, T7300 at 2.0GHz, T7500 at 2.2GHz, and T7700 at 2.4GHz. The E475M is offered with up to 4GB of 667MHz DDR2 system memory, 120GB SATA hard drive, and a choice of CD-ROM, Combo Drive or DVD burner.

The E-475M is available with Intel GM965 chipset and integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 graphics or with Intel PM965 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD dedicated video card.

This laptop provides 802.11a/b/g wireless connection, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, a 56k modem, a PCMCIA card slot, four USB ports, VGA and S-Video output. The select Gateway E-475M configurations include FireWire port.

Regarding security, there is Trusted Platform Module ver. 1.2.3.11, an optional UPEK Biometric Fingerprint Reader and an integrated smart card reader. The notebook accepts an optional custom built-to-fit 3M Privacy Filter “that slips easily into inconspicuous tabs around the display, limiting the viewing angle”. Gateway also offers Absolute Software’s Computrace Complete with this notebook.

Gateway E-475M weighs approximately 7.9lbs and comes with Windows XP Home or XP Professional operating system.

It starts at $1,299 at Gateway’s web site.