Gateway® GM5472 Desktop Computer With AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5000+ For True Multi-Tasking

The Gateway GM5472 desktop offers powerful multi-tasking and advanced entertainment features, including an HDTV tuner, and handles a broad range of digital media. It features the dual-core power of an AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor 5000+, a large 2GB memory, an enormous 500GB hard drive, multiformat DVD burner, and versatile memory card reader.

The TV tuner is compatible with both analog (NTSC) as well as digital (ATSC) television signals, so you can view and live TV — including HD broadcasts — on your PC and record shows on the hard drive. In addition to its 3-D comb filter, the tuner card has analog TV and ATSC (digital) input ports, plus an S-video port (an S-video to composite video adapter is provided). A convenient Vista™ Media Center remote control is included. (Note: HD reception requires an ATSC digital antenna, not included.)

The DVD SuperMulti drive lets you burn and play DVDs and CDs, including DVD-RAM and DVD±R Double Layer format, for up to 8.5GB of data on a single disc.

The 15-in-1 memory card reader supports these formats: Secure Digital (SD), Mini Secure Digital (miniSD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC), MMC Mobile, MMC Plus, CompactFlash (CF) I and II, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, xD-Picture Card, SmartMedia and Microdrive.

The Gateway GM5472 includes:
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor 5000+ operating at 2.6GHz
• 1MB (2 x 512KB) L2 cache
• 2000MHz frontside bus
• 2GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2 x 1.0GB), upgradable to 4GB
• 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA II (SATA II) hard drive, with 16MB cache
• DVD SuperMulti drive with Double Layer support (reads/writes DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD±R Double Layer, CD-R/RW)
• Analog/digital TV tuner (PCI-E card), for viewing and recording standard (NTSC) or HD (ATSC) broadcasts
• 10/100Base-T Ethernet port
• 56K V.92 modem
• 6 USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 4 back)
• 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports (1 front, 1 back)
• 1 parallel port
• 1 serial port
• 2 PS/2 ports
• 15-in-1 memory card reader
• nVidia GeForce 6150 SE with up to 128MB shared memory
• 8-channel (7.1) High Definition Audio, with 8 audio ports (2 in front, 6 in back)
• Amplified stereo speakers (USB powered)
• Elite multimedia keyboard
• USB optical 2-button wheel mouse

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium operating system comes installed, providing enhanced security and productivity, and new ways to organize, find and share information. Other software includes:

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium operating system comes installed, providing enhanced security and productivity, and new ways to organize, find and share information. Other software included:

• Microsoft Works 8.5
• Microsoft Money 2006
• Adobe® Reader®
• Vista integrated DVD playback with 6-channel audio
• CyberLink® Power2Go™ (burn DVDs)
• Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006
• Google Toolbar™
• Google Desktop Search™
• McAfee® Internet Security Suite (trial, with 90 days of free updates)
• BigFix® (identifies and resolves potential system problems)

The Gateway GM5472 is backed by the manufacturer's 1-year limited limited warranty on parts and labor.

† Note: AMD's Enhanced Virus Protection feature provides additional protection against buffer overflow viruses. AMD and its partners strongly recommend that users continue to use third-party antivirus software as part of their total security solution.

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