Gateway Is BACK! - But Is Their $200 Laptop Any Good?

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Gateway is a name that we haven't heard in a while in the world of technology. Founded in 1985 as Gateway 2000, they went on to be one of the most popular computer manufacturers out there. But now, after a long hiatus, they're back! But are their new machines any good? Let's find out!
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@MichaelMJD 4 года назад

Yes, Gateway is back! But are their new laptops any good? Are they even made by Gateway? Find out in today's video. Huge thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this episode! For a limited time, you can get a free trial of Skillshare Premium by clicking here: skl.sh/michaelmjd10201

@InconsistentManner 4 года назад

The box came open during shipment. FedEx is shitty and they don't attempt to repackage... Unlike UPS which actually will attempt to repackage and ensure contents. If UPS looses your package it either got lost in the miles of belts/conveyors/shutes, or is damaged beyond repackaging. Sometimes the sender doesn't even respond to UPS's request to reship a customer's order at the expense of UPS. YES... UPS attempts to pay for damages to contents that are damaged in shipment.

@goobloxofficialchannel3518 4 года назад

Hi mjd! I really like your vids. *thats it lmao*

@athurV1 4 года назад

This is a scam ,some knock off . Gateway was epic back in the day .

@insanitylol 4 года назад

Kyriakos The Awesome Teenager Edit: I think the i5 10300h will do well with the 2060 but I feel like the i7 10 series if it has one would be better. I assume it doesn’t have a Ryzen option either?

@Arianto_S 4 года назад

Try "Altos Computing " brand also.

@frostech3149 4 года назад

*20 years later* The 10$ Gateway Windows 10 Machine - A retro rarity or rubbish?

@colelepper9381 4 года назад

spoiler alert: Rubbish.

@markm0000 4 года назад

No way is anyone going to even remember this next week.

@EdwardplayzYT 4 года назад

I have 2 gateways from 2009, They are missing both 1 gig of ram... so its 1 gig of ram in both and they came with win7 starter. I destroyed one with Gateway system restore. and the other has FRICKING WINDOWS 10 ON IT. lol.

@AmanjLife 4 года назад

Yes!

@insanitylol 4 года назад

0 years later The 500,000,000 costly machine Fake diamonds or real diamonds?

@ProtoMario 4 года назад

My first real pc was a Gateway, man... depressing to see this.

@ariiincolur 4 года назад

Ikr

@caseypmazur 4 года назад

My first PC was given to me by my grandpa... his prebuilt Gateway w/ an i7-920 & 3GB RAM

@micosstar 4 года назад

ouch, i feel bad for you.

@Awesome-90 4 года назад

My current laptop is a gateway one

@namename2040 4 года назад

My sisters was Gateway. I got some junk ass EMachines

@mpf1947 4 года назад

When the package thief takes pity on you for your choice of laptop.

@allenstevenson5986 4 года назад

Exactly my thought 😂

@lemagreengreen 4 года назад

Exactly what I thought. Someone decided it wasn't worth stealing 🤣

@TheStanHill 4 года назад

“I take the bubble wrap and you enjoy your garbage computer”

@tower534 4 года назад

I would take the box, open it take it home, when its raning bring it out for an hour.

@potatoechip5221 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@garlandstrife 3 года назад

Gateway was the last PC my father had before passing away in 2009. I'll always remember fondly this brand.

@jpdunphy1 3 года назад

And this is what Acer is banking on. Nostalgia, warm and fuzzies, nothing actually resembling quality.

@dylanc2806 3 года назад

and thats how these companies will take advantage of your love for your father :(

@danieloshea3326 3 месяца назад

My Gan Gan had a gateway

@kmemz 4 года назад

I think GPU Company could be an unfortunate acronym for "Gateway Products US"

@benblack12 4 года назад

I was going to comment the same thing.

@StevenZephyc 4 года назад

Now we just need "compaq product USA"

@Gartral 4 года назад

same, though it does sound generic as all fuck.

@Brettjnash 4 года назад

A true Gateway uses a GPMöö ... I'm utterly disappointed in myself.

@RetroActiveGM 4 года назад

What about Compaq US Manufacturing? CUM Company 😂

@robertr.7995 4 года назад

You know, in a way, this is actually pretty insulting. There was a time in history where Gateway was one of the best of the best. They brought Gateway back from the grave only to soil its name and make it look weak. To us fans of retro computers, this is indeed pretty insulting. Acer, pay attention to what people are doing to one of your brands and put a stop to this.

@olbluelips 4 года назад

What would you recommend for computer manufacturers nowadays? I built my own PC, and I didn't mind it, but it's not something I'm *super* interested in doing again.

@robertr.7995 4 года назад

@@olbluelips well, building your own computer to me is a very enjoyable experience, but I can definitely understand where you're coming from. As far as what I would recommend, that really depends. It depends on what you'll be using it for.

@robertr.7995 4 года назад

@@MaoTao well, that's kind of a waste I guess. Could have given it to someone that needed a computer or given it to Goodwill or something. Oh well.

@SparkzEnt 3 года назад

RCA Tablets

@arnoldsands1610 3 года назад

The CEO of Acer/Gateway is on meth. He doesn't care as long as he gets his high salary to pay for his drugs. LOL

@backslashxy1 4 года назад

Worked at Walmart in a previous life. While I cant stand the place I can confirm their shipping standards are better than that. Looks to me like your package got searched in transit I've seen that happen alot from the shipping companies and even post office.

@bixbabble3935 4 года назад

But if it was searched by fedex wouldn’t they of taped it back up?

@backslashxy1 4 года назад

@@bixbabble3935 not always some just open everything up an throw it all right back in and move on. I do admit usually they do throw in a card that says item had to be inspected.

@bixbabble3935 4 года назад

backslashxy1 but still you would think it would be taped instead of the box being folded. It’s like if your bag is checked at the airport and your suitcase comes back on the conveyor belt wide open not zipped up.

@mikeswem 4 года назад

Yeah, you can even see the tape on the top that was cut, that tape wouldn't be there if it had just been folded originally. Combined with the actual laptop box being ripped open as well, this was clearly opened during shipping. Either for legit reasons or otherwise, certainly wasn't shipped in that condition.

@bixbabble3935 4 года назад

GenKumon I would call FedEx or Walmart or both

@AndroidSunner 2 года назад

I've gotta admit, even if the computer sucked; I do admire the attention to heritage with the cowprint box. Also: more recently, Gateway updated their actual website to completely cut off mentions of it's Products and Shopping tools and it is now strictly for support, driver downloads and a history page.

@stevef6392 4 года назад

Nice to see that THX means _absolutely nothing_ now.

@shockwaveexp3465 4 года назад

It really never meant anything besides being a “peace of mind” label for high definition audio. It was pretty cool when select DVDs had THX demos, which has become sort of a meme.

@TheRailroad99 4 года назад

THX select II (ultra) still means something. But I agree they should not put their name on trash products. Maybe something like "THX certified - basic mobile sound" to certify phones/Laptops for having an at least somewhat ok sound.

@rtrojosh 4 года назад

wwwwwwwwooooooooOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAOAOAOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHhhhhhhh

@tOSdude 4 года назад

The audience is now deaf

@app0the 4 года назад

As well as AKG ever since Samsung bought them out. Tough times for finding proper audio these days :/

@lwvmobile 3 года назад

Considering the fact that the shipping label was covered up by the flap, I have a feeling that somebody opened it and closed it back up after it got close to its destination. That package has definitely been tampered with. I've ordered a ton of stuff from Walmart, and never once received a box packed like that. I'd have refused the shipment looking like that, or at the very least, document it and send a complaint to both Fedex and Walmart.

@aetvrna 4 года назад

Gateway still exists? Holy cow! And it was meant to be a joke, the logo is a cow skin

@ItsJustMeMusic 4 года назад

John Wagner gateway did exist

@SolidSonicTH 4 года назад

YES, WE GET IT.

@Reziac 4 года назад

Hence I named my first Gateway "The Purple Cow". I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one. -- Gelett Burgess (1895)

@Hotlog69 4 года назад

Gateway was no joke. Originally they were Gateway 2000 and then dropped the 2000 and added Holstein branding. The company was founded in a city well known for their beef packing and farming.

@nitro361 4 года назад

It's a cow block

@Wren6858 3 года назад

This isn’t Gateway coming back. This is Gateway getting the Disney treatment. A larger company is using its brand image and logo while making its corpse shuffle about for a bit.

@muhamadrizkyananda 3 года назад

You mean Nokia treatment? I mean those Nokia-branded devices are not as great as the true Nokia one or even that already have Microsoft brand on it

@Wren6858 3 года назад

@@muhamadrizkyananda Disney revived Star Wars but its just a shambling zombie of what it used to be.

@muhamadrizkyananda 3 года назад

@robloxguy453 Well maybe, their current feature phones series are doing great and I actually liked them, but HMD Nokia are only doing great as OG Nokia/Microsoft Nokia for their early/debut devices, well the current one just feel like some random phones with Nokia brand slapped on it. And even (idk this is HMD or not) Nokia's new Booklet aka laptop but it's actually just random laptop that purchased the brand license similiar with this Gateway one. Their devices doesn't have much selling and unique points that interesting enough and price to performance make non sense especially in my country. Like they are just selling nostalgia. I do miss the unique design and form factor of OG Nokia.

@jpdunphy1 3 года назад

You mean Victrola treatment? Banking on brand name recognition and nostalgia to move more units of cheap-as-possible to produce crapola. Excuse me while I put a record on my 6-in-1 stereo.

@Wren6858 3 года назад

@@jpdunphy1 lol

@mattj65816 4 года назад

@4:04 "Look at how this idiot packed it. He didn't tape it, he just flipped the flaps." --Morty Seinfeld, 1994.

@jokersinurface 4 года назад

That Jack Klompus was an a-hole.

@erichurst2496 4 года назад

I paid $2400 for my first Gateway computer in 1995. I loved that machine! How far we have come.

@hammerrox 4 года назад

I've always wondered why Acer never used Gateway as a lower end, more affordable computer brand that could be sold at Walmart or Target. That's what Gateway was as a company initially anyways, so why not take advantage of it? Thanks for another great video Michael!

@meandmyEV 4 года назад

I agree. That name has to be good for something. People still remember it and back in the day, for a short time at least, they were a pretty well respected brand. I remember Dell and Gateway being competitors in the custom home PC market back in the 90s. Dell figured out how to move on. Gateway not so much.

@flame2385 4 года назад

They just sell it as Acer, because it's a more popular brand

@WackMau 4 года назад

@@flame2385 Seems like it's still popular enough for a random chinese brand to want to use to make their laptops somewhat recognizable. Although, their designs don't seem to come even close to CHUWI's.

@TheMrDemonized 4 года назад

hope you got your answer from the vid

@bookshelffury 4 года назад

Cause acer IS the low end brand. Gateway should be thier luxury brand

@cabbagememes2852 4 года назад

Ah yes my laptop that I use for zoom meetings and google classroom has an RTX 2060 so I can raytrace my answers

@chilly556 4 года назад

4k google slides too

@cabbagememes2852 4 года назад

@@chilly556 yeahh

@emeraldboy7979 3 года назад

HD google too

@emeraldboy7979 3 года назад

@@cabbagememes2852 right?

@cabbagememes2852 3 года назад

@@emeraldboy7979 yes 😂

@madocworks1147 4 года назад

I remember going in a gateway store in the early 2000's and helping a family member get a pc built for their business. it cost like $4000, and it was a Pentium 3 Cpu, with a 40GB hard drive and 1GB of ram running windows xp.

@heyitsablackguy9553 3 года назад

Back then Pentiums were called hot-potatoes back then. Man I do miss the early 2000s.

@ducksonplays4190 3 года назад

@@heyitsablackguy9553 The Pentium 4s were the hot ones. Pentium 3s were a lot more power efficient.

@stevenalexander4721 3 года назад

I remember when everyone wanted a gateway laptop. We would even rush over to the computer lab to make sure we were one of the ones using the laptops instead of the old desktops.

@cittycat7481 4 года назад

The packaging gives me flashbacks to DankPod's Ebay Global Shipping Program nightmares

@lorenz2418 4 года назад

_slash and dash_

@runes5919 3 года назад

*someone's been in here*

@olivertheunissen 3 года назад

I know

@gkid64 4 года назад

'Out of retirement' is an understatement 'back from the grave' is more fitting

@miguellebalbo6917 4 года назад

This computer is like some computers in my country, they uses the chips of phones to storage and ram, they are tablets on a notebook

@mal0gen 4 года назад

Brasil? Positivo?

@gugubope21 3 года назад

@@mal0gen AND multilaser, don't forget multilaser

@blakesmith2101 3 года назад

I remember being all excited when the Gateway "Cow Boxes" showed up at our house.

@crazycorg1 3 года назад

My parents kept theirs and we use it to store Christmas decorations. What a lovely box

@ordici_ 4 года назад

When he first opened the laptop and I saw the keyboard and the placement of the delete button I screamed

@davidaddams9802 3 года назад

I work for FedEx so I can add a little relevant information. Walmart packages are a bit prone to coming open during shipping. The paper tape doesn't always hold up when loaded with other packages on a trailer. I've personally taped up hundreds of open Walmart packages. Why no one taped your up....

@majoryoshi 4 года назад

As a former walmart associate, that's definitely unlike what we usually receive. Especially if it's a walmart brand (I would group this in since it's a walmart exclusive laptop) we often deal with a ton of products within boxes within boxes. If anything, that's a lot better packaging than what we receive, since we receive laptops just in the laptop box, not in a standard brown box. If I had to hazard a guess, someone tried to steal it but may have been caught red-handed by FedEx.

@kittbluevenom2384 3 года назад

That Gateway laptop may be a rebadged EVO laptop, but it has something that the other one doesn't. The C O W wallpaper. Can you actually rip that wallpaper and upload it to archive? I think Gateway fans would love it.

@therealjammit 4 года назад

I have a cute story. Right now I'm watching this on a computer (duh) that has a "Gateway 2000" logo on it. It's not really a Gateway anymore. It's what was left over from a broken donated machine. Over the years I've swapped out, changed, upgraded, and replaced so many parts that it no longer has any Gateway guts inside, but the case is still here. There are so many "auxiliary" random holes drilled in it (lost the cover many years ago) for accommodating so many different parts that "just didn't fit right" as I modified it over the years. I think this was supposed to be a server tower at some point. It has room for two power supplies, four 5.25" cdroms, a 1.44M floppy (oddly enough I have still have one installed and actually working), and four internal 3.5" hard drive bays. It's gone all the way from a 486DX to a present day AMD FX-8302E eight core.

@MichaelMJD 4 года назад

That’s really awesome! It would be cool to build a modern system in an old PC case like that.

@michael1234252 3 года назад

I had so much good memories back 20 years ago at my grandmothers house in Nashville by playing on her Gateway computer. Overall Gateway was one of those good PC brands from the 80's and 90's that faded away in the mid 2000's like Packard Bell, and a few others.

@UKSCIENCEORG 4 года назад

Keep it in the box in mint condition so in 30 years someone with a retro computer RU-vid channel can unbox it 😉

@absolutewisp 4 года назад

No! We don't want to preserve that part of the computer history!

@jamesslick4790 4 года назад

LOL, it was ALREADY "unboxed" before he took delivery!

@jamesslick4790 4 года назад

LOL, it was ALREADY "unboxed" before he took delivery!

@CarrotConsumer 4 года назад

@@absolutewisp I actually find the cheap garbage hardware of yesteryear to be rather interesting.

@PShawtx 4 года назад

Sorry in 30yrs RU-vid won't be here. Some other site will be the main video content site people are using. In 30yrs, RU-vid whats that ?

@AhJodie 2 года назад

Gateway was the first computer I bought for my kids and I back in 1999 on a payment system. It was so slow but we loved it. The packaging that looked like cows was cool. We had it for a super long time.

@CEO100able 4 года назад

Awesome! I had no idea Gateway would ever make a comeback at all, but it's incredible that it did!

@theincrediblehulk2865 4 года назад

However, these laptops are just generic laptops with the Gateway logo slapped on. However, it is nice that Acer is reviving the brand!

@CEO100able 4 года назад

@@theincrediblehulk2865 I see. Very true, so I agree!

4 года назад

CEO100able, these laptops are the same. They sell these laptops in the UK/Germany as Medion-devices.

@retrocomputinggrotto 4 года назад

We've got 10 Gateway servers at work so they've still been around for some time.

@speedy7900 4 года назад

i wish they made a true and full comeback

@Wasper216 3 года назад

That’s exactly the same with current Nokia phones. They have absolutely nothing to do with Nokia. They are cheap generic Chinese phones but they bought a license to use the name Nokia. Many well known brands sell their name to being put on cheap ass crap devices.

@ozlo 4 года назад

I have a similarly spec'ed but older Dell Venue (11?) tablet/PC. It's very handy for typical functions, looking up things, watching video, or anything where you might need a PC rather than an Android tablet. If this Gateway's build quality is as good as it seems it would definitely be useful, especially after slapping a less resource intensive Linux distro on it. Doubly so if you can upgrade the memory.

@stairwaydenied 4 года назад

This is essentially a windows 10 Cromebook.

@stonent 4 года назад

Yeah it looks very similar to my 4 year old Acer chromebook.

@victoriamorrison5454 3 года назад

This instantly makes it better than even the $1000 pixel book because it can run applications that don’t run on an android phone or inside of chrome

@Isopromptyl 3 года назад

@@victoriamorrison5454 Im pretty sure you can run WINE on Chromebooks.

@SenileOtaku 3 года назад

@@Isopromptyl yes, Crossover Office is available for ChromeOS. I have the new release but I haven't installed it yet.

@seymourhoffman4445 4 года назад

My very first computer was a Gateway in 1999. It had a Pentium 3 processor. I'm pretty sure all the ram and storage numbers were measured in MB... This beast ran on dial up. We had AOL and the whole 9 yards. I remember we ended up putting in a 2nd phone line for it because my mother didn't like not being able to talk on the phone while we were using the internet. I also remember before we got the 2nd landline, we had some type of program on the computer that was basically Caller ID and it would tell you when and who was trying to call you. And you could click a button and choose to end the internet connection and allow the call to ring the house. Or you could ignore the notice and stay connected online. Man, those were some times...

@Jaguarek62 4 года назад

Congrats for surpassing 100k subs.

@MichaelMJD 4 года назад

Thanks!

@grasstails9737 4 года назад

hi 1st windows version i used

@Lordspaghett 11 месяцев назад

By the look of that box, I have a feeling it was tampered with after being shipped. The tape used to seal the box is on the flaps and cut, no bubble packing is another indicator of tampering, boxes don’t typically leave the facility I work at without packing and a fully sealed box

@aurel724 4 года назад

MJD: I have this Acer *Proceeds to pull out the laptop that I'm watching this on*

@arteonyx 4 года назад

I got an E5-475G... not bad ig

@joshescobedo3714 4 года назад

I'm thinking the box was open because someone went to steal it, realized what it was, and put it back

@jetjazz05 4 года назад

if this was a mark rober iDork product it would've been goooone.

@mvShooting 4 года назад

I remember having a Packard Bell laptop back in 2011, which had equivalent Acer and Gateway-branded versions (only the branding changed between them; components were the same).

@CasioMaker 3 года назад

Their netbook lines were so effin similar. I had a PB Dot-s which also had a Gateway variant (KAV-60)

@mvShooting 3 года назад

@@CasioMaker Mine was a PB dot-a, AKA Acer Aspire One 721, AKA Gateway LT32.

@SereneMidnight12 4 года назад

With the way this laptop was packaged... It reminds me when I bought a "new" copy of Project X Zone 2. When it arrived, it certainly looked the part, with shrink wrap on it and everything. But when I popped the game into my 3DS, there was some save data on it. And when I looked through the instruction manual, I noticed that some kid had scribbled in the "additional notes" segment in it, saying it was like Smash Bros and stuff like that. Turns out the seller I bought this from had a habit of just taking used games, packing them in shrink wrap and just marketed it as new.

@Robdeltonie 4 года назад

Me: Wait... Gateway is making computers again? Video: Well, yes, but actually, no!

@DeceitfulRain 4 года назад

Looks like a simple case of a delivery sorter/security/customs checking the package and making sure it's a computer and not something contraband. It's easy to see someone like that not being careful with the package, instead of the original 'packager'.

@laharl2k 4 года назад

so its a typical rebranding. Sometimes these rebrandings are quite good. Ive bought some Philco rebrands that are quite good, they have more and better features and overall look way better quality than the generic version. (battery powered screw driver and drill). The generic ones sometimes cheap out too much, so the rebrand usually also adds some quality control and common sense features missing.

@trs-80fanclub12 4 года назад

FedEx is hurting for anything that can move atm, and due to this, a lot has come up missing. Our agency ordered 75k of surface pros which FedEx leased driver in yellow van delivered 20k of laptops.

@Locutus 4 года назад

Hi Michael. I have a video idea for you. A while ago, you did a video on trying to get Windows 1 apps to work on Windows 10. Why not try running Windows NT3 apps on Windows 10, and vice-versa to see what happens?

@mjdxp5688 4 года назад

I'd like to see this as well, maybe 4.x apps too.

@Locutus 4 года назад

@The Scoot Not true. You can have some 'modern' apps (not Modern), that may work with Windows NT3. And he's even managed to get Windows Vista apps running on Windows 98...

@MonochromeWench 4 года назад

Any program compiled with a recent version of Visual Studio almost certainly wont work on NT3.. The c run time uses windows api functions introduced in versions of windows newer than NT3. NT3 apps on 10 should generally work fine, unless they to do something like try to execute code from data segments which has been prevented since xp for security reasons.

@MirekFe 4 года назад

@@Locutus Tell Michael that if he doesn't do this: _Resistance is futile._

@psisis7423 3 года назад

Can barely run win10 apps on win10 without net and clr freaking out, so can't imagine. Really bad design, impossible to repair the kernel

@vickyshea2096 Год назад

I recently bought a Gateway Notebook from Wal-Mart. After two weeks the driver that controls access to the Internet went out. The only fixes that I could find suggested downloading updates for the driver. But guess what you can not do if you can not access the Internet?

@mjdxp5688 4 года назад

This sure is an oddity. I guess they're bringing this back for nostalgia? Honestly just feels bizzare to me, why not just sell these under the Acer name? After all, that's a much better known brand these days. I also would never suggest buying those garbage $200 laptops, they really can't do anything. I guess you could put a really light Linux distro on it, even then the experience wouldn't be ideal.

@MLGKid420 4 года назад

A refurbished ThinkPad or Dell Latitude is much better in that budget range for a laptop, especially with SSDs.

@absolutewisp 4 года назад

@@MLGKid420 Yeah, you're better off buying an old Dell or Lenovo from or newer than 2009 (Windows 7 era), put an SSD and Windows 10 in it and it will be better and sometimes cheaper than these "Gateway" China garbage

@mutestingray 4 года назад

I guess they’re trying to use the Gateway brand for some slight recognition as well as to sell cheaper stuff that doesn’t tarnish the Acer brand

@ian_b 4 года назад

Probably they don't want to tarnish the main Acer brand. Otherwise people will use one then thereafter be like, "I tried an Acer once, it was shit".

@haijehiemstra2883 4 года назад

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@eLaine33 4 года назад

This video is edited and scripted really really well I appreciate it

@who6242 4 года назад

I'm guessing these are geared more toward younger students who do remote schooling from their homes. Very clever, Acer.

@gabm1707 2 года назад

i broke the charger, can’t really find a replacement without buying a whole nother laptop, then having to share one cord

@ThatTonybo 4 года назад

The screen folds back and the laptop runs the same specs roughly as my 2015 HP Pavilion x360 Convertible. Nice to see Gateway's branding for sure, but I think they could of done it with some better quality products to better represent the brand.

@gorjy9610 4 года назад

If you think that other brands give more quality for $200 than oh boy, you're so wrong,

@ThatTonybo 4 года назад

@@gorjy9610 Considering I paid $3 for mine, it's a bit better. Although yes, I get what you mean.

@Brittany.Anderson 3 года назад

I remember my family had a Gateway computer when I was growing up. The way your laptop arrived is terribly packaged including the outer box. Gateway came out the same year i was born.

@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep 4 года назад

Baffled that these aren't on Walmart shelves. One would think the whole point is for older folks who recognise the Gateway brand to pick these up.

@lvstfire4726 2 года назад

I’ll be honest, I have the gateway laptop, the blue touch screen one, the 200$ one, it’s pretty good (I got mine in store)

@bountoj 2 года назад

Is the RAM expandable or nay?

@evancrazyerror 4 года назад

2:22 If that came with a Ryzen 7 that actually wouldn’t be that bad of a deal

@absolutewisp 4 года назад

Hmmm... A Chinese laptop with an RTX 2060, it will definitely not be a reprogrammed GTX 960 or anything...

@evancrazyerror 4 года назад

Adam Wójcik I mean they could be built by Clevo, which is a much more reputable brand...

@absolutewisp 4 года назад

@evandarkfire I said that because, as I was reading your comment, I remembered a Chinese GTX 1050Ti for $50 that I saw on Wish around 2018. You have your point :)

@TingFeng77 4 года назад

@@absolutewisp nah, a decent brand laptop wouldn't possibly use a reprogrammed card Cause if they actually did Basically everyone would be returning it when crashes happen Plus, those are only seen on desktop cards anyway

@TheLucidDreamer12 4 года назад

@@absolutewisp but Lenovo are the top-end of Chinese laptops. They're the only reputable chinese laptops, actually.

@ThechronocrosserII 4 года назад

Bro I just started working at Best Buy. All the "budget" laptops comes in Windows S mode and explaining how to upgrade to someone VERY less tech savy is a pain. Usually they record me using the display models taking it out of S mode. Also, my first ever desktop was a Gateway and I can never forget that new Gateway computer smell.

@etiyusefa2229 4 года назад

Michael: It`s Maybe The Smallest Laptop Charger I Ever Seen Dart-C: Well...you should have seen me first

@howardchester4424 3 года назад

Thanks for the update! Very helpful.

@АлексейГриднев-и7р 4 года назад

15:20 - yeah, I clearly see who you learnt those sponsor segues from :)

@JM-sx9yk Год назад

I have been using the $179 15.6 laptop for work for almost a year. I purchased 2 at the time figuring it would last maybe 6 months. I still have the 2nd one sealed in the box in my closet waiting for the first one to fail. Both included free Windows 11 upgrades and are powered by Pentium N5030 Silver processor, 4GB ram 128GB eMMC and free 1 year of MS365. I don't use any 3rd party software, just the internet and usb. The computer so far has far exceeded my expectations. Model: GWTN156-11BK

@snesguy9176 Год назад

It's shit with windows 11, barely meets the minimum spec. stuttery mess just trying to play 1080p RU-vid half the time. Runs much smoother with win 10, but downgrading breaks the touch screen even if you get the drivers from their tech support. I got mad and just started using it with Linux, no touch screen. On Linux its a great little web browser and emulation machine.

@sillystev0n 4 года назад

I saw the thumbnail and I got happy, then I watched it and immediately became sad. Very sad.

@saturnotaku 2 года назад

That Creator laptop with the RTX 2060 was available on sale over the holidays a couple years ago for $699 IIRC, which was an absolute steal.

@BoomboxStudiosAndDexter 4 года назад

Hey Michael MJD Again!!

@firstnamelastname4224 3 года назад

"But you know what doesn't suck? Our video sponsor..." Seamless, Michael, absolutely seamless.

@benjbk 4 года назад

Since the Fedex-Sticker was on the "inside flap", I guess your package was damaged in shipping, and Fedex was just too lazy for proper repackaging.

@Goku-vb2nx 3 года назад

This is why I no longer trust FedEx.

@MadameSomnambule 2 года назад

I remember Gateway ads being everywhere when I was young and I even used a Gateway 2000 machine with Windows 95 before. Sad that this is what's become of the brand.

@Napsteraspx 4 года назад

I do hope Gateway comes into its own again. My family had a Gateway computer that lasted 12 years. I'm not too sure about these new laptops though because I have purchased both an acer laptop and an acer tablet before, and they were both craptastic.

@matrix2048 4 года назад

About your initial touchpad issue, I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T430 (2347-DT4) that used to be part of my local school district. I've upgraded it down the road, such upgrades including an SSD. And here's the thing, I've had it hibernate and do "fast startup" on the SSD, and it did wreak some havoc on the touchpad and TrackPoint mouse. When I restarted it though, it was working fine once again.

@user-lt2rw5nr9s 4 года назад

Why does this look like a kids toy? Maybe it came out to catch the "Google Classroom Compatible" market?

@grkb 4 года назад

i think that was added becaus eof the covid pandemic

@user-lt2rw5nr9s 4 года назад

@@grkb Yeah, that's what I meant.

@Carterthielftw_ 4 года назад

I'm so happy we have kindle competition now. I love kindle for their price to performance and ease of jailbreaking. I hope these gateway tablets continue

@ShintekBeats 3 года назад

They need to ship it with Manjaro instead of Windows 10. Or at least some Linux distro. i7 2600k system with 8gb DDR3 took 25 seconds to respond to Windows 10 start menu with an old 5400rpm 2.5" HDD out of a PS3. Manjaro however, made it feel like I swapped it with an SSD on the spot. (Arch ftw).

@C4PT41N_OBV10US 3 года назад

That's not the CPU or the ram, that's the shitty hdd

@RakibHasan-zp1cf 3 года назад

It doesn't matter what your cpu is or what your ram is, if your HDD is crap and is 5400RPM then you're gonna be experience slowness

@paarthureddy2708 3 года назад

It's the Hdd, you should get either a 7200 rpm drive or an ssd.

@venividivici4253 2 года назад

Old Gateway was much better.

@jthomas4057 4 года назад

Best thing to do with those low specs is drop a light weight Linux distro in there, and use an SD card as your /home partition. I did this with a cheap 2 in 1 from Best buy with just 2gb of Ram, and a 32gb EMMC chip. With the 128gb SD card for /home, it works OK, and gives about 5.5 hours on battery at 70% screen brightness.

@ZX3000GT1 3 года назад

What's the point of buying these laptops since you can just go and buy a used Thinkpad (like X230) and get better performance for less?

@traviswalker8933 2 месяца назад

Not to mention, the X260 as well which will be far more sensible buy.

@TerryJulianLive 4 года назад

Your packaged got searched! I used to work at the post office. If it looks suspicious..it gets searched. sometimes its just random.

@wyattlandrath3265 4 года назад

I wouldn’t expect good reviews from a laptop that costs as much as a Ryzen 5 3600 alone

@VisualofHotwheels 3 года назад

I have the 14.1 ultra slim all black Intel Celeron version and I have no issues with it, I use cubase 5 music recording software on it and it works fine. Nice display and no issues at all watching RU-vid at top resolution and HD movies. The speed is good, no issues here, best 189.00 I've spent Im very satisfied with it.

@enderger5308 4 года назад

This is why Walmart should not be allowed anywhere near computers.

@odditythreeD 4 года назад

Gateway is one of those companies that used to be everywhere but now no one remembers them, they used to have their own Gateway branded shops in the UK during the 90s.

@rodrigovazquez1874 4 года назад

You can Never expect any type of good performance when it comes to Celeron regardless of the ram or machine brand. Celeron is crap

@rich1051414 4 года назад

EVOO... any time you see that name. Run. Run as fast as you can and never look back.

@arbiter1272 4 года назад

I want to see how Windows XP would run on it.

@stonent 4 года назад

This is going to be a UEFI only system so XP probably can't boot on it.

@arnox4554 4 года назад

@@CommodoreFan64 Ok, so Linux is definitely better than 10. I'd take it over 10 any damn day of the week, no contest. With that said, Windows 7 and 8.1 (with Classic Shell installed) are still better OSes for regular use.

@32BitAngel 3 года назад

@@CommodoreFan64 *windows is filled with bloatware* tell that to windows 7 buckaroo.

@32BitAngel 3 года назад

@@CommodoreFan64 I respect your opinion, but I prefer windows 7. It feels fast on any hardware even if it’s older or newer. However, it is unsupported. But I can have support for 3 more years by paying.

@battlebuddy4517 3 года назад

I recommend linux for this case anyways has much better low end hardware support idk about that other guy he likely a arch user

@OMikeG 3 года назад

Looks like someone planned on stealing your package saw it was a Gateway and threw it back in the box...

@johnnyhellfire6 4 года назад

Moral of the story: DO NOT BUY COMPUTERS FROM WALMART!!!!

@ITAC85 4 года назад

I've made that mistake approximately 1.7 years ago. In fact, I'm typing this message on the same laptop I got from there. And let me tell you, they are crap. Please, nobody buy laptops from Walmart. Even better, don't buy cheap laptops from Walmart for a higher price than the laptop is worth.

@johnnyhellfire6 4 года назад

@@ITAC85 amen lol I've repaired too many

@SenileOtaku 3 года назад

I don't buy electronics in general from Wallymart. They have a chronic habit of selling used/returned items as new.

@ArmoredarmadilloX 3 года назад

Can we talk about how awesome Gateways Logo is? It's a cowprint cube... COWCUBE

@PaulTheFox1988 3 года назад

Would a puzzle cube with that design printed on it be a... Moobicks cube? I'll get my coat, it's the one with the bad puns in the pocket.

@ArmoredarmadilloX 3 года назад

Robinthefox88 ow ow ow ow please stop

@jthomas4057 4 года назад

May actually look at the AMD version of this "Gateway" 11.6" laptop as a beater/utility laptop for field work at my job. Of course a Linux install would be first installed.

@mariecreasy9554 2 года назад

I actually saw one of these at my Walmart. When I was buying an HP Laptop. It had a SHREK WALLPAPER.

@IIIJFRIII 4 года назад

I hope real Gateway comes back one day. Maybe these new laptops can jumpstart that. They had such amazing BEAST gaming desktops from the late 90s to the end, especially the FX line. Great value for the money. Definitely keeping my eye on this new Gateway and what it leads to. There is a review of the creators $999 model from a few days ago.

@supernovagamer929 4 года назад

FedEx shipping this laptop: RIP AND TEAR, UNTIL IT IS DONE.

@JVHShack 4 года назад

Celeron = "Sell ya wrong"

@BNTNJA 4 года назад

@@CommodoreFan64 yeah, absolutely! same with dual core A4, A6, They are garbage.

@BNTNJA 4 года назад

@@CommodoreFan64 If I can choose a newer Quad core Celeron then that will be the choice. but if old dual core celeron and amd a4/a6 then I rather not choose anything.

@ashii_ii 4 года назад

@@BNTNJA Would probably choose an old Core 2 Duo Mac over any dual core celeron lol

@ashii_ii 4 года назад

@@CommodoreFan64like atleast use SATA HDDs instead of eMMC lol

@spideyfan300 3 года назад

Dude I'm still rocking a 900p Gateway Monitor, had it for over 10 years now and still working as good as the first day I got it

@gavgene371 3 года назад

wow that computer is already out of date for windows 11 if its barely coping with windows 10

@ChanceProductions 3 года назад

4:30 - thats just walmarts shipping. The business i work at gets shipments from them all the time. They literally just throw the item in an ALMOST appropriately sized box with no packing at all.

@kodyeldridge9570 4 года назад

Delivery instructions: "here's your gateway computer I guess? I don't know"

@connorm955 3 года назад

My first laptop was a Gateway NE56R10U with Windows 8 on it. My mom got it for me on my 18th birthday. Mine had a 1.7 ghz dual core Celeron. The higher end model had a Pentium.

@macyler Год назад

12:36 Not being able to open it with one hand is very common on the fold-back laptops, even in very high end ones.

@jchavez53 3 года назад

Does anyone really believe that's how the box arrived? Where's the shipping label? Where are the signs he took it off? Sorry dude, I'm almost 70 years old and I've never received a box that wasn't taped up, unless it was damaged in shipping and it was highly noted on delivery.