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GATEWAY ms-7142 Satisfaction Reviews


Average Satisfaction
 
  2.83 out of 4

Percent Freezing
41%

Percent Slow
64%
Make
GATEWAY

Model
ms-7142

PC Type
Commercial Desktop

Total Votes: 135

2%
 
22%
 
66%
 
10%
 



Gateway
Date Comments Satisfaction
8/15/2010 11:09:16 PM I am not sure what year I bought it, it is a PC clone built by a friend from parts from Tigerdirect
 
  4.00 out of 4
7/13/2012 8:46:11 PM It is simple to use for me.
 
  4.00 out of 4
4/8/2011 9:57:13 AM ouiu excelllllentéééééééééééééééééééééééééééé
 
  4.00 out of 4
9/25/2009 7:34:30 AM aometimesa it error on bootup
 
  4.00 out of 4
9/25/2009 7:19:19 AM still testing
 
  4.00 out of 4
9/24/2009 3:36:38 AM Fequent lag spikes and when im watching a movies or music on the internet its stick and makes a sound and draws outs on portion likes its froze then contiues normally, if im playing games...it will lag all at once then be fine...
 
  4.00 out of 4
5/18/2010 5:13:09 AM sdf
 
  4.00 out of 4
7/4/2010 10:24:58 AM es mio lo quiero mucho
 
  4.00 out of 4
9/22/2010 6:51:14 PM WHEN I RE-INSTALL WINDOW WX IN MY COMPUTER I GET UNE PROBLEM; IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE TWO OS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ELIMINATE THE ONE I DON'T NEED
 
  4.00 out of 4
9/2/2010 3:43:11 PM XP OS
 
  4.00 out of 4
7/12/2009 5:32:40 AM I like gaming, but most first person shooters dont work, they freeze up, and the say something about a video card.
 
  3.00 out of 4
4/21/2010 2:02:44 AM Globalement satisfait pour son utilisation.
 
  3.00 out of 4
11/29/2011 12:54:17 PM To soon to tell, I just purchased.
 
  3.00 out of 4
5/28/2009 8:31:41 AM Takes far too long to load. It also takes ages for Firefox to load.
 
  3.00 out of 4
7/22/2009 9:07:35 PM I built this computer in '04 with the Athlon 64 processor. I don't use it for gaming or heavy video processing. Mostly internet, email, photos and Office applications.
 
  3.00 out of 4
5/29/2009 4:57:05 AM slower than it should be, some software that should start with start up doesnt
 
  3.00 out of 4
5/23/2009 11:42:59 AM I takes over 10 minutes to shutdown the pc from one of the user accounts.
 
  3.00 out of 4
3/22/2010 3:16:27 PM Never has been able to turn off monitor when screen saver time expires.
 
  3.00 out of 4
3/27/2010 5:04:50 AM wouldn't mind if I didn't get the page can't be found all the time when I know I type or went to my bookmarks to go to that page.
 
  3.00 out of 4
4/3/2010 8:43:46 AM It is extremely slow.
 
  3.00 out of 4
12/2/2010 7:58:01 AM I have had problems with the windows 7 program since I upgraded from vista and have gone online to the windows 7 websightto get more familiar with the program. I am still haveing some problems and am looking to repair and fix these problems. I heard about pcmatic on tv and thought I would give it a try, am getting frustrated with on going problems. Not ready to give up. Just try, and get more understand always hel;s.
 
  3.00 out of 4
4/10/2010 12:20:19 PM Start Up is some slow and their is a SVGhost/system that realy slows it down until I disable it.
 
  3.00 out of 4
4/10/2010 3:05:01 PM Haven't realy used it yet but it didn't print Key when asked. I will check it out
 
  3.00 out of 4
3/20/2012 2:00:19 PM jUST GOT IT CANNT SAY YET
 
  3.00 out of 4
7/16/2010 2:38:28 PM it ok
 
  3.00 out of 4
4/5/2010 4:21:17 AM its ok
 
  3.00 out of 4
2/10/2010 9:25:33 AM i do not know yet
 
  3.00 out of 4
8/8/2010 8:24:17 PM It is slow sometimes, but that seems to vary.
 
  3.00 out of 4
2/24/2011 10:27:48 AM has slowed down
 
  3.00 out of 4
12/19/2012 12:10:04 PM Frequent blue screen of death and just all around sluggish performance.
 
  3.00 out of 4
2/25/2010 6:41:17 AM geht so
 
  3.00 out of 4
7/20/2010 6:11:56 PM Some times runs REAL slow, even with quite a bit of unused RAM on the system. Unsure of computer terms to increase speed or delete unnessary items
 
  3.00 out of 4
4/4/2011 5:12:05 PM slow, freezes
 
  3.00 out of 4
12/6/2009 9:56:30 AM I am useing windows 7 and i had a slave drive installed and my computer runs better with the slave drive disconeted
 
  3.00 out of 4
11/29/2009 12:50:02 PM Dani AMD Sempron 3000+
 
  3.00 out of 4
10/16/2009 11:48:43 AM NERO IS SLOW TO LOAD
 
  3.00 out of 4
10/9/2009 12:01:34 PM Suspect a keylogger.
 
  3.00 out of 4
11/5/2009 3:25:49 PM Video card seem slow when streaming movies
 
  3.00 out of 4
12/11/2009 9:08:15 PM Can't use Outlook Expres to send e-mail by clicking e-mail links.
 
  3.00 out of 4
11/15/2011 9:40:31 PM Just an old machine
 
  3.00 out of 4
6/16/2009 1:37:37 PM Muito boa.
 
  3.00 out of 4
8/12/2009 9:00:04 PM No sound at the moment when playing DVD movies only
 
  3.00 out of 4
10/14/2011 8:57:04 AM some parts are newer and some older.
 
  3.00 out of 4
2/26/2011 5:05:14 AM my pc works meduim
 
  3.00 out of 4
6/10/2007 8:33:55 PM just slow
 
  3.00 out of 4
3/23/2011 9:40:40 PM Scrap
 
  3.00 out of 4
1/30/2011 6:29:05 PM Atende bem as minhas necessidades domésticas
 
  3.00 out of 4
1/27/2011 11:02:05 PM not a ferquent user so ,kinda know this one
 
  3.00 out of 4
10/14/2010 5:47:56 AM i want to see if it is running properly
 
  3.00 out of 4
10/30/2010 5:23:12 PM it does what I need it to do, but wish it were faster
 
  3.00 out of 4
5/19/2009 9:52:47 AM slow internet and some 3d game play sometimes locks or freezes
 
  3.00 out of 4
2/7/2012 10:57:09 AM For what I need it does the job.
 
  3.00 out of 4
8/23/2009 1:22:01 PM the sound stop working
 
  3.00 out of 4
5/4/2010 8:07:42 AM needs connections to be faster
 
  3.00 out of 4
5/12/2010 8:22:05 PM ok
 
  3.00 out of 4
6/28/2012 9:06:46 PM It is very slow Low on memery
 
  3.00 out of 4
5/21/2012 7:57:08 PM $15 rig
 
  3.00 out of 4
10/29/2010 5:52:51 PM It's all I can afford and it serves my purposes. Yes, I'd like a new, updated computer with lots of memory, but that's not what I can afford. I am guessing it's 10 years old. It was given to me.
 
  3.00 out of 4
9/23/2010 4:44:23 PM low disk space and memory
 
  3.00 out of 4
3/4/2011 11:33:41 PM PC is very slow sometimes my emails fail
 
  2.00 out of 4
2/3/2010 3:54:25 PM pages freeze and runs very slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
3/25/2010 2:36:02 PM to slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
5/21/2011 5:41:17 PM If I replace it, does my service contract with iYogi transfer?
 
  2.00 out of 4
8/17/2012 5:42:56 AM alot of junk programs on it hasn't been used in a long tiem
 
  2.00 out of 4
4/12/2011 2:45:25 PM slow, freezes
 
  2.00 out of 4
10/8/2011 10:45:32 AM some times freezes up
 
  2.00 out of 4
7/24/2009 6:19:01 PM It's a crappy celeron. I cant expect too much. But it has run better.
 
  2.00 out of 4
12/12/2009 2:46:01 PM internet explorer slow to respond also yahoo not responding some times
 
  2.00 out of 4
9/3/2010 10:11:03 AM Takes about 8 minutes to boot up.Internet access is slow.Periodically the screen freezes and will not respond to any commands at all - the computer must then be switched off and re- booted.Sometimes very slow to call up programmes like Outlook Express etc.
 
  2.00 out of 4
11/29/2009 2:50:41 PM too slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
1/2/2010 4:49:23 AM play game slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
10/21/2009 4:26:53 PM start up is slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
12/16/2009 9:51:53 PM noisy & slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
12/17/2009 7:30:23 AM Slow and freezes
 
  2.00 out of 4
1/4/2010 1:26:53 AM Hangs,crashes frequently
 
  2.00 out of 4
11/3/2009 1:09:46 PM The system sometimes opens too slowly and some applications (Word) takes too much time to open
 
  2.00 out of 4
6/1/2010 2:22:25 AM Still too slow.
 
  2.00 out of 4
5/17/2010 10:40:48 PM during working scrolling is very slow. rest is ok
 
  2.00 out of 4
6/19/2010 8:35:03 AM takes too long to start and often runs slow. Internet can be very slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
8/9/2010 10:20:07 AM Takes about 8 minutes to boot up.Internet access is slow.Periodically the screen freezes and will not respond to any commands at all - the computer must then be switched off and re- booted.Sometimes very slow to call up programmes like Outlook Express etc.
 
  2.00 out of 4
6/4/2010 8:15:41 AM Can't say any questions on satisfacation it don't know PC Matic's analysis yet
 
  2.00 out of 4
2/18/2010 9:16:41 AM Having difficulties in getting PC Matic installed properly and upgraded. It stalled in Benchmarks Test.
 
  2.00 out of 4
9/1/2010 2:35:04 PM always slow, sluggish, locks up
 
  2.00 out of 4
3/16/2010 11:35:20 AM freezes alot,etc
 
  2.00 out of 4
12/27/2009 2:36:57 PM I trying to speed it up
 
  2.00 out of 4
12/11/2010 6:17:01 AM was much faster and something happened and just slowed way down. Had the registery cleaned and helped a bit but.....
 
  2.00 out of 4
7/20/2011 9:27:24 AM video card
 
  2.00 out of 4
5/29/2009 3:42:59 AM It can perform basic operations, like Word and Internet Explorer, but occasionally breaks down, and not effecient to play modern day games.
 
  2.00 out of 4
3/31/2010 4:31:30 PM no funciona como en un principio.
 
  2.00 out of 4
3/11/2010 7:47:16 PM Slow and locks up frequently
 
  2.00 out of 4
9/19/2010 4:03:14 PM it is old
 
  2.00 out of 4
11/20/2010 5:24:36 PM slow
 
  2.00 out of 4
12/30/2010 10:52:47 PM computer was recently upgraded but now runs horrily
 
  1.00 out of 4
8/21/2010 5:33:04 AM slow boot, slow performance, frequent application crashes
 
  1.00 out of 4
7/1/2010 9:20:48 PM very slow
 
  1.00 out of 4
1/31/2011 12:26:41 PM Always been slow
 
  1.00 out of 4
10/9/2012 9:50:45 AM It's slow
 
  1.00 out of 4
9/25/2012 10:11:47 AM too clutter
 
  1.00 out of 4