This is a great article but not a fair comparison. eMachines put out a M6811 model which is the same as the 7422GX. I have them both, have been deep inside and know them intimately. 

They both can be upgraded to 2 Gig of ram. 

The only major problem with the eMachines version was QC because many of them had overheating symptoms which eMachines never came clean on. I suspect it was a problem with faulty heat sensors and substandard heat sink mounting design. 

Overall they are great machines and still viable. I use daily with XP and Ubuntu and have installed Solaris, Vista (RC1/RC2/Ultimate) and so on. 

Now if I only could replace the processor with a Dual Core!

Oh, If you look hard enough there are alternative bioses out there that you can use to push the machines a bit but not for the faint of heart!

eUNIX

I am also a proud owner of one of these notebooks. It is a great computer, and I haven't had any problems in the last three years that I have owned it, except I did see cracks on the hinges (which gateway will still replace to this day), and only recently did my DVD burner stop working. I had purchased this notebook when I worked for Best Buy, and of course I got their extended warranty, so I was able to get everything fixed, but I really like this computer. I will probably have it for a couple more years, so I will more than likely up the RAM in it, and get a larger HDD for it as well. This has been the best laptop I have ever used so far. I have it dual-booted between Slackware 12.0 and Windows XP. Couldn't have asked for a better system for my uses.