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WHAT'S HOT: You can live large with the 600XL's towering 15.7- inch screen, extra-spacious keyboard, and two modular bays. Depending on your needs, the bays make it possible to carry a total of three hard drives, two batteries, or two optical drives. (One optical drive--a combination drive at this price--and a floppy drive come standard.) The 600XL does well on one battery pack alone; it ran for 3 hours in our tests before needing a recharge.
WHAT'S NOT: A gray yacht of a notebook, the Gateway 600XL measures almost 14 inches wide by 12 inches deep by 2 inches thick, and weighs almost 10 pounds including its 1-pound...