EC Series Overview
The All-Day Gateway

Astonishing: The Gateway® EC Series Notebooks, available in three sizes, starting at 11.6" feature long-lasting battery power, with the 13.3" and 15.6" EC Series Notebooks running on up to 8+ hours1 on a single charge. Additionally, with our EC Series you also get a thin-and-light laptop with an expressive design, enhanced usability, significant energy savings and modern display technology. It's a light slice of design perfection, married with powerful essential components that start with Genuine Windows® 7 or Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 and Intel® Centrino®2 Processor Technology with an Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor and include cutting-edge DDR3 memory, superb audio, exceptional connectivity and HD graphics on select models. Experience your day a whole new way.


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The EC Series Notebook

Expressive Design

There's nothing as good as a thin-profile, lightweight laptop when you're on the go. But you also want to look good on that go, and the Gateway® EC Series Notebook comes through there too with its smooth lines and rounded edges. It's a high design right down to the mirrored touchpad button and touchpad lock and the brushed aluminum palm rest.

Our EC laptop features an expressive design
Enhanced Usability

When you're on the road, and even when you're at home, you appreciate a laptop that's easy to use. The Gateway® EC Series Notebook boasts a number of usability elements you'll appreciate. Touch-sensitive launch keys handle communications, power-saving settings, and making backups. The multi-gesture touchpad lets you intuitively navigate webpages, photo libraries, spreadsheets and more with a swirl, pinch and flick. Plus, its advanced cooling system means you can put our EC Series comfortably on your lap.

The Gateway EC Series Notebook boasts enhanced usability features
Energy to Go

Get up to 8+ hours of mobility on a single charge with the Gateway® EC Series Notebook. Thanks to Gateway's revolutionary PowerSave Solution, you have centralized control over your EC's power-saving features. The PowerSave key gives you one-touch energy conservation, and the Gateway PowerSave adapter saves more power in plugged-in sleep mode. Our EC Series laptop is energy efficient so you can continue being efficient, hour after hour, all day.

You get 8+ hours of on-the-go power with our EC Series laptop
Top Display Technology

Our EC Series feature great audio elements—but just as with the movies it's the visuals that come first. The 11.6" features 1368x768 resolution for high-quality views paired with ultimate mobility. You'll love the 13.3" high-definition screen, with high brightness, and a 1366 x 768 native resolution. Or take your experience to the next level with the 15.6" HD display with 1368x768 aspect ratio and 200-nit. brightness. Whatever size suits you the best, you'll experience incredible vistas on our signature Ultrabright™ screen with LED-backlit display. The 13.3" and 15.6" also enable you to enjoy your media with a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio. Want to watch something on a second monitor or big-screen TV? Our EC Series deliver—with an HDMI™ port with HDCP support.

The Gateway EC Series Notebook features great display technologies

1Battery life varies depending on product specifications, computer settings, and applications or features launched, and may be reduced if Windows Aero™ is enabled. The Acer PowerSmart button must be enabled to achieve the 8+ hours. All batteries' maximum capacity diminishes with time and use.

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