Not a fan of Gateway since they got bought by Acer, but I guess they're OK. Asus and IBM/Lenovo are better, though.
As for the laptop itself, the processor is underpowered, the RAM is only DDR2, the hard drive runs at 5400 RPM (I guess that's to be expected on laptops), and the thing comes from Best Buy, market leader in scamming people who don't know anything about computers. I'll see if I can find something I'd recommend instead for about the same price ($500, right?). Are you going to be using it for gaming at all? If not, try
this one; it's on sale for $600 and has a better processor and DDR3 RAM. I don't usually recommend HP products, but this one seems decent.
Also, your link is dead.