Price for the laptop below is $800. I do alot of graphics and run a small business. I have a Dell desktop that I use daily, but think a laptop would be great for on-the-go stuff. I have alot of graphics that I put on my computer, but can always download them to the desktop.

1) Is the AMD Athlon a great processor?

2) Is the graphic card that comes with a powerful one?

3) Can DVD be written quickly with what's provided?

Please give me your insight as I've never purchased a laptop.

Gateway 15.4" Windows Vista DualCore Laptop

Features:

Model #: MT6460

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK-53 (1.7 GHz)

System Bus/Cache Memory: 1600 MHz Hypertransport, 512KB of level 2 cache

System Memory - RAM: 1024MB DDR2 dual channel memory, expandable to 2GB

Hard Drive: 80GB HD

Optical Drive: 8x multi-format dual layer DVD+/-RW with DVD-RAM. Write max: 8x DVD+/-R, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 2x DVD-R DL, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 24x CD-R AND 16x CD-RW disks. Read max: 8x DVD-R/RW/ROM, 4x DVD+/-R DL, 5x DVD-RAM and 24x CD-R/RW/ROM disks.

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium

LCD Monitor: 15.4" Ultrabright TFT (WXGA)

Media Card Reader: 4-in-1 digital media manager - secure digital (SD), memory stick (MS), memory stick pro and multimedia card (MMC)

Additional Features and Specifications:

Graphics: ATI Radeon Xpress 1150M Integrated Graphics with

Video Memory: Up to 256MB of HyperMemory

Speakers: Stereo speakers, Microphone In, Headphone / Audio Out

Modem: 56K ITU V.92 fax/modem

Network Interface: 10/100 Mbps built-in Ethernet

Ports: (1) Type I or Type II PCMCIA Card Bus, (4) USB 2.0, (1) VGA external connector, (1) IEEE 1394 port, (1) RJ11 and (1) RJ45

Pointing Device: Touchpad with Vertical Scroll Zone

Wireless Network Adapter: 802.11 b/g

Weighs 6.28 lbs.

ETL listed

Measures approx. 10.4"L x 14"W x 1.4"H

Comes with a manufacturer's 1-year limited warranty

Accessories Include:

6-cell Lithium-ion battery

PC essential software DVDs (not pre-installed)

3 Tiger Woods 2006 CDs

User manual

Software that comes with it (not loaded):

Microsoft Works 8.5

Microsoft Money 2006

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day complimentary trial period)

Adobe Reader 8.0

CyberLink Power2Go for DVD Burning

Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 (includes 60-day Digital Image Standard 2006 trial)

Napster 3.0 (30-day trial)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Google toolbar and Google desktop search

LoJack for Laptops Hardware Persistence Agent Enabled

Gateway Shield Comprehensive Security: McAfee Internet Security Suite (90-day complimentary trial period)

Gateway BigFix - helps identify and solve problems

Gateway Games Powered by: WildTangent (pre-installed with 10 demo games and 60 minutes of game play)

User-Installed Software:

DVD One: Aquazone Desktop Garden, Baseball Mogul 2008, Hoyle Casino 2007, Muppet Babies - Thinking and Sorting, Spongebob Squarepants - Battle for the Bikini Bottom, Sudoku Crunch, Wizard Chess, Britannica Desktop Encyclopedia, Cook n with Betty Crocker, and Professor Teaches Vista

DVD Two: ACT! 2007, Peachtree First Accounting 2008, Serif Photo Plus 11, Serif Draw Plus 8, Serif Page Plus X2, Serif Web Plus 10, Serif Panorama Plus 3, Morpheus Photo Animation Suite Pro, Blaze DVD Copy, Budget Express 3.0, Resume Works Pro, Legends Family Tree Deluxe, Typing Instructor Deluxe, Quicken Willmaker Plus 2007, Form Tool 6 Deluxe, Stuffit Standard 9.5, Sunbird Calendar, Turbo BackUp, Thunderbird Email

CD One, Two and Three - Tiger Woods

Thanks for your insight. This is an HSN shopping network offer.