The 15.6-inch Gateway Ultra Slim Notebook features a 1080p screen that brings a crystal-clear picture for any and all of your tasks. AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors deliver premium performance for productivity, entertainment, gaming, and content creation in thin and light laptops. Tuned by THX audio products enable listeners to get the best audio quality possible by providing custom fidelity improvements, balanced reproduction, and optimal frequency response. It is the ideal way to get the best audio for on-the-go entertainment.
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If you don't see your Model listed which was the case for me Click on Instant Chat. I got a live human being. I told her my Model Number was GWTN156-5BL and she said that the drivers are the same as GWTN156-2. I also had to give her my serial number.
Lastly I asked about the SSD slots, and here's the response I got.
Main slot is PCIe/SATA with a max drive of 256
Secondary slot is SATA with a max drive of 256
For a max total of 512
Please post your, if you were able to stuff a bigger drive into either slot.
Good Luck
EG
Last Updated by ElGato01 on 06-29-2022 at 02:20 PM
The 15.6-inch Gateway Ultra Slim Notebook features a 1080p screen that brings a crystal-clear picture for any and all of your tasks. AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors deliver premium performance for productivity, entertainment, gaming, and content creation in thin and light laptops. Tuned by THX audio products enable listeners to get the best audio quality possible by providing custom fidelity improvements, balanced reproduction, and optimal frequency response. It is the ideal way to get the best audio for on-the-go entertainment.
Model: Gateway 15.6" FHD Ultra Slim Notebook, AMD Ryzenâ„¢ 5 3450U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Tuned by THXâ„¢ Audio, Fingerprint Scanner, 1MP Webcam, HDMI, Cortana, Windows 10 Home, Black
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I've had the blue one for about a month or so and I like it very much. The track pad is garbage, otherwise I don't have much to complain about. Oh, the power button is where "delete" goes so expect to punk yourself a few times.
I like the feel of it, the metal feeling lid helps it not feel super cheap.
I use it for prepping 3d models for my printer, and it's very good at what I ask it to do.
BTW it does charge via USB c despite it saying data only.
Thanks for sharing this info with us. I also tried to install an NVME only SSD into the 2nd M.2 slot but it did not work.
Does anyone know how to bring up the boot menu and BIOS? I tried many common functional keys F12/F10/F2 etc but none of them works to bring up the boot menu.
Don't buy this shit!! I got one and it's not working after 1st setup.
Did you try returning and trying another one? You might've just gotten a bad unit. Happened to me with multiple laptops, but that never put me off from trying another one.
What's the wifi on this thing and how's the camera? 1.0mp sounds terribly low quality(?)
Looking at this for nephew in middle school and to be used for school.
For a budget laptop, i expect a wifi 5 card in there. Fine for school.
1mp is about a 1280x1024 resolution. Unless the teacher needs to see the pimples on his face, it should be fine it won't be awesome, but it'll get the job done (teacher will know he's there)
I don't think you can really do much better for this price.
Last edited by muchwow March 20, 2021 at 05:51 AM.
I've had the blue 14in for a while. It's a value laptop. If you can't understand that, feel free to spend more.
My observations:
Charges via USB-C pretty fast depending on your charger.
Foresee is SSD, not NVMe.
I put a NVMe into 2nd slot, no go. Put it into primary - works fine. Put Foresee into 2nd slot, works fine/both at same time.
No 4k via HDMI, only 1080P. At 4k it detects but won't send display.
Fan is kind of loud. I'm ok w/that b/c my work laptop is a freaking jet engine
I've had the blue one for about a month or so and I like it very much. The track pad is garbage, otherwise I don't have much to complain about. Oh, the power button is where "delete" goes so expect to punk yourself a few times.
I like the feel of it, the metal feeling lid helps it not feel super cheap.
I use it for prepping 3d models for my printer, and it's very good at what I ask it to do.
BTW it does charge via USB c despite it saying data only.
Does it come with bloatware? Is it worth doing a fresh windows install?
In for one. I'm impatiently waiting for ryzen 5000 series to hit laptops and will spend real money when that happens.. but at $350 and its double or more the performance of my current thinkpad... USB-C charging too!
It's completely worthless because of no GPU. Your $80 smartphone can do everything this laptop can do. So no, don't buy any laptop unless it has a dedicated GPU.
Although the purple one looks great!
Ryzen built in graphics are quite good. If you don't want a gaming laptop (though this will play WoW) this is fine.
Does it come with bloatware? Is it worth doing a fresh windows install?
Less than you may think but I always absolutely gut windows when I get a new pc anyway. I use a windows tweaker to get rid of stuff and clean out the start menu with powershell.
Any suggestions on a 15.6" laptop with built-in optical drive?
Really hard to find one of these nowadays.
Have a library of 100s of DVDs that I still like the convenience of just sliding in and watching on laptop.
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I like the feel of it, the metal feeling lid helps it not feel super cheap.
I use it for prepping 3d models for my printer, and it's very good at what I ask it to do.
BTW it does charge via USB c despite it saying data only.
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Does anyone know how to bring up the boot menu and BIOS? I tried many common functional keys F12/F10/F2 etc but none of them works to bring up the boot menu.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gateway.../546777455
Is it worth the extra $70?
-med school college student on a budget
Looking at this for nephew in middle school and to be used for school.
1mp is about a 1280x1024 resolution. Unless the teacher needs to see the pimples on his face, it should be fine
I don't think you can really do much better for this price.
My observations:
Charges via USB-C pretty fast depending on your charger.
Foresee is SSD, not NVMe.
I put a NVMe into 2nd slot, no go. Put it into primary - works fine. Put Foresee into 2nd slot, works fine/both at same time.
No 4k via HDMI, only 1080P. At 4k it detects but won't send display.
Fan is kind of loud. I'm ok w/that b/c my work laptop is a freaking jet engine
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gateway.../546777455
Is it worth the extra $70?
-med school college student on a budget
I like the feel of it, the metal feeling lid helps it not feel super cheap.
I use it for prepping 3d models for my printer, and it's very good at what I ask it to do.
BTW it does charge via USB c despite it saying data only.
Here is the one I order yesterday:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gateway.../828696636 [walmart.com]
Although the purple one looks great!
Really hard to find one of these nowadays.
Have a library of 100s of DVDs that I still like the convenience of just sliding in and watching on laptop.
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