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Gateway 14.1" Ultra Slim Notebook, FHD, Intel N4020, 4GB/64GB, THX Audio, 1MP Webcam, Windows 10 S, Micro 365 Personal 1-Year Included, Carrying Case Included,$127 Free Shi $129

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I miised out on the Microsoft.com tablet deal ting. So I went looking around and found this. It is a little more bigger and expensive though.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gatewa...hbdg=L1600

Gateway 14.1" Ultra Slim Notebook, FHD, Intel N4020, 4GB/64GB, THX Audio, 1MP Webcam, Windows 10 S, Micro 365 Personal 1-Year Included, Carrying Case Included,$127 Free Shi $129

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Created 07-23-2022 at 12:45 AM by PhillipJR

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Chewie9

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07-23-2022 at 12:57 AM.

If you're willing to pay $40 more I think this might suit your needs better.

Gateway 15.6" FHD PC Laptop, Intel Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB HD, Windows 10 Home (S Mode), Red, GWTN156-11RD https://www.walmart.com/ip/800836849

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07-23-2022 at 09:41 AM.

Unless something has changed, if you buy a Windows PC with less than 127gb hdd it will be difficult to do updates. Most people I've come across use 64gb or more in no time between the os, programs & files.

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07-24-2022 at 11:58 AM.

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Are these good for middle school kids?

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Chewie9

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07-24-2022 at 02:47 PM.

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Are these good for middle school kids?

For the basics like using word/Google docs, web browsing, email, video chat and such then yes. But it's not great for playing games or anything graphics or memory intensive.

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07-24-2022 at 03:25 PM.

For the price, this looks like a very nice screen (1080p and IPS!). If Office 365 and the carrying case matter to you and you'll use them, that essentially makes this laptop cost $50 or so (plus tax). If all you'll ever do on this is Word documents or Excel and you need a beater laptop, this is kind of a steal.

Unfortunately, everything else about this laptop is horrendous and I'd stay far away for any other use case. 4 GB of soldered RAM with no option to add another stick and the CPU are going to be extremely limiting. Storage space is very limited and is eMMC. The CPU may be weaker than the CPU on Micro Center's $60 laptop.

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07-24-2022 at 03:31 PM.

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The Windows updates were a problem with the laptops with 32GB eMMC hard drives.
People also don't clean up their hard drives after Windows 10 updates as they should.
I just did a Windows 10 update and it took up about 6 GB. No biggie.
Run Storage Sense.

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07-24-2022 at 06:07 PM.

how are these things for linux/chromeOSFlex?

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07-25-2022 at 01:10 AM.

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07-25-2022 at 10:43 AM.

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how are these things for linux/chromeOSFlex?

I can't speak for Chrome OS. I also am also unsure of the compatibility of this particular model; I'm just looking at the CPU and the RAM. I know other Gateway models from the same line (GWTN141) have had issues with Wifi on Linux; tread carefully! Link regarding the wifi from another Gateway laptop in the same model range. [arstechnica.com]

The CPU will struggle badly outside of web browsing/word processing/other light tasks. Non-accelerated video will be rough. I have an old laptop with a i3-5010U (which looks a little more powerful than this) and it struggles to do non-accelerated 720p video. Modern gaming will be a no-go (older games & emulation of older systems will most likely be OK). You'd definitely want to use MATE/LXDE/LXQt/XFCE (or a window manager) on this (maybe KDE if you really want to push it), Cinnamon/GNOME/Deepin/other heavy DEs would be miserable.

If you're not really multitasking and just browsing the web/video chatting/etc (without a ton of tabs open), it should in theory be OK, provided the hardware works for you (see my note about the wifi above). Just watch the RAM usage as that's non-upgradeable.

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07-26-2022 at 08:03 AM.

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Thanks. I'll most likely stay away, have an old laptop from '16 that I'll probably just run linux on. Gotta give old devices new life!

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08-22-2022 at 06:15 AM.

I caved and picked one up as a beater. Thoughts below after a day or so of use:

The screen is the best part of this laptop by far; it definitely hits above its weight class. It doesn't get too bright, but it's leagues better than the TN panels you usually see in this price range. The screen has a matte coating.
The keyboard is awful and loud. If you hit a key off-center, it's liable not to register the keypress. The best way to counteract this is to key the keys harder than normal. If you are a serious typist, avoid it! This is definitely the worst part of the laptop.
The build quality is really suspect. I've never used a creakier laptop. It's so bad I tried to tighten the case screws in case they had come loose. I feel like the case would come apart on any impact.
It is passively cooled and silent, minus a little coil whine (huge plus!), but as a result the laptop gets pretty warm around the top-left area of the keyboard.
Sound is surprisingly passable. It's not fantastic by any means, but it's good considering the price.
There is an expansion bay on the bottom for m.2 drives (there are standoffs that can be used with 2280 drives or a smaller drive; I think 2242, but I'm not sure as I'm not familiar with the smaller sizes). However, I believe it is for SATA III drives only; it would not recognize an NVME drive that I tried.
The RAM is non-upgradable.
The Windows update tool does not show a Windows 11 upgrade option. However, Microsoft's PC health tool says the PC is 11-compatible (I'm assuming it hasn't rolled out to this model yet).
Linux works well; Wifi, sound, etc work out of the box.
I chose purple as my color. The pink case it comes with is hideous but otherwise functional and nice.
Windows 11 is really taxing on these specs; the CPU is pretty much always under 100% load. It's able to comfortably view a few tabs or work on an Office doc (1 year of Office is included), that's about it. Linux fares a little better.
The charger is pretty bulky (it's a large wall-wart type with no brick). The plug is 2-prong. The cord is short (around 5 feet, at most) and likes to fall out of the charging port if there's any pressure on it.
The escape key accesses the BIOS.