Gateway P171XL FX Edition

LCD Size: 17″
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1200
CPU: Intel Core2 Extreme Processor X7900 at 2.80GHz
FSB: 800MHz
Cache: 4MB L2 cache
HDD: 400GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive w/ 16MB Cache (2-200GB)
GPU: nVidia GeForce Go 8800GTS with 512MB of GDDR3
Price: ~US$3000

The first question that was on my mind: is the 1920 x 1200 pixel format 17″ LCD panel driven by a LED backlight unit (BLU)? My instincts tell me, “No.” Gateway isn’t mentioning it as a selling point, so my guess is that the LCD is driven by the usual CCFL BLU. I believe Apple was the very first to incorporate a LED BLU into a 17″ notebook PC. And I think the trend toward LED BLUs will continue very strongly in the notebook PC market. There are a few very important advantages of LED BLUs over conventional CCFL BLUs:

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