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WHAT'S HOT: Gateway gave this edition of the 700XL a faster processor and primed the system for video editing. It started with two 200GB hard drives--the most hard-drive storage we've seen on a desktop. Then it added a DVD-RAM/-R drive, which is suitable for archiving data or for recording discs that work in many DVD players. (The company tosses in a generous seven discs to get you started.) Finally, Gateway included Intel's fastest desktop processor to date: the 3.06-GHz Pentium 4 with Intel's new hyperthreading technology. Intel claims that video editing is one of the tasks that will benefit from hyperthreading, but so far, our lab tests have not reflected that.
The system's extensive software bundle consists of titles for both work and play, including Microsoft's...