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
@InconsistentManner4 жыл бұрын
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.
@goobloxofficialchannel35184 жыл бұрын
Hi mjd! I really like your vids. *thats it lmao*
@athurV14 жыл бұрын
This is a scam ,some knock off . Gateway was epic back in the day .
@insanitylol4 жыл бұрын
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_S4 жыл бұрын
Try "Altos Computing " brand also.
@frostech31494 жыл бұрын
*20 years later* The 10$ Gateway Windows 10 Machine - A retro rarity or rubbish?
@colelepper93814 жыл бұрын
spoiler alert: Rubbish.
@markm00004 жыл бұрын
No way is anyone going to even remember this next week.
@EdwardplayzYT4 жыл бұрын
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.
@AmanjLife4 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@insanitylol4 жыл бұрын
0 years later The 500,000,000 costly machine Fake diamonds or real diamonds?
@ProtoMario4 жыл бұрын
My first real pc was a Gateway, man... depressing to see this.
@ariiincolur4 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@caseypmazur4 жыл бұрын
My first PC was given to me by my grandpa... his prebuilt Gateway w/ an i7-920 & 3GB RAM
@micosstar4 жыл бұрын
ouch, i feel bad for you.
@Awesome-904 жыл бұрын
My current laptop is a gateway one
@namename20404 жыл бұрын
My sisters was Gateway. I got some junk ass EMachines
@mpf19474 жыл бұрын
When the package thief takes pity on you for your choice of laptop.
@allenstevenson59864 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thought 😂
@lemagreengreen4 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought. Someone decided it wasn't worth stealing 🤣
@TheStanHill4 жыл бұрын
“I take the bubble wrap and you enjoy your garbage computer”
@tower5344 жыл бұрын
I would take the box, open it take it home, when its raning bring it out for an hour.
@potatoechip52213 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@garlandstrife3 жыл бұрын
Gateway was the last PC my father had before passing away in 2009. I'll always remember fondly this brand.
@jpdunphy13 жыл бұрын
And this is what Acer is banking on. Nostalgia, warm and fuzzies, nothing actually resembling quality.
@dylanc28063 жыл бұрын
and thats how these companies will take advantage of your love for your father :(
@danieloshea33264 ай бұрын
My Gan Gan had a gateway
@kmemz4 жыл бұрын
I think GPU Company could be an unfortunate acronym for "Gateway Products US"
@benblack124 жыл бұрын
I was going to comment the same thing.
@StevenZephyc4 жыл бұрын
Now we just need "compaq product USA"
@Gartral4 жыл бұрын
same, though it does sound generic as all fuck.
@Brettjnash4 жыл бұрын
A true Gateway uses a GPMöö ... I'm utterly disappointed in myself.
@RetroActiveGM4 жыл бұрын
What about Compaq US Manufacturing? CUM Company 😂
@robertr.79954 жыл бұрын
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.
@olbluelips4 жыл бұрын
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.79954 жыл бұрын
@@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.79954 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@SparkzEnt3 жыл бұрын
RCA Tablets
@arnoldsands16103 жыл бұрын
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
@backslashxy14 жыл бұрын
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.
@bixbabble39354 жыл бұрын
But if it was searched by fedex wouldn’t they of taped it back up?
@backslashxy14 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@bixbabble39354 жыл бұрын
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.
@mikeswem4 жыл бұрын
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.
@bixbabble39354 жыл бұрын
GenKumon I would call FedEx or Walmart or both
@stevef63924 жыл бұрын
Nice to see that THX means _absolutely nothing_ now.
@shockwaveexp34654 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheRailroad994 жыл бұрын
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.
As well as AKG ever since Samsung bought them out. Tough times for finding proper audio these days :/
@lwvmobile3 жыл бұрын
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.
@AndroidSunner3 жыл бұрын
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.
@aetvrna4 жыл бұрын
Gateway still exists? Holy cow! And it was meant to be a joke, the logo is a cow skin
@ItsJustMeMusic4 жыл бұрын
John Wagner gateway did exist
@SolidSonicTH4 жыл бұрын
YES, WE GET IT.
@Reziac4 жыл бұрын
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)
@Hotlog694 жыл бұрын
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.
@nitro3614 жыл бұрын
It's a cow block
@erichurst24964 жыл бұрын
I paid $2400 for my first Gateway computer in 1995. I loved that machine! How far we have come.
@madocworks11474 жыл бұрын
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.
@heyitsablackguy95533 жыл бұрын
Back then Pentiums were called hot-potatoes back then. Man I do miss the early 2000s.
@ducksonplays41903 жыл бұрын
@@heyitsablackguy9553 The Pentium 4s were the hot ones. Pentium 3s were a lot more power efficient.
@stevenalexander47213 жыл бұрын
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.
@mattj658164 жыл бұрын
@4:04 "Look at how this idiot packed it. He didn't tape it, he just flipped the flaps." --Morty Seinfeld, 1994.
@jokersinurface4 жыл бұрын
That Jack Klompus was an a-hole.
@gkid644 жыл бұрын
'Out of retirement' is an understatement 'back from the grave' is more fitting
@hammerrox4 жыл бұрын
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!
@meandmyEV4 жыл бұрын
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.
@flame23854 жыл бұрын
They just sell it as Acer, because it's a more popular brand
@WackMau4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@TheMrDemonized4 жыл бұрын
hope you got your answer from the vid
@bookshelffury4 жыл бұрын
Cause acer IS the low end brand. Gateway should be thier luxury brand
@cabbagememes28524 жыл бұрын
Ah yes my laptop that I use for zoom meetings and google classroom has an RTX 2060 so I can raytrace my answers
@chilly5564 жыл бұрын
4k google slides too
@cabbagememes28524 жыл бұрын
@@chilly556 yeahh
@emeraldboy79793 жыл бұрын
HD google too
@emeraldboy79793 жыл бұрын
@@cabbagememes2852 right?
@cabbagememes28523 жыл бұрын
@@emeraldboy7979 yes 😂
@ordici_4 жыл бұрын
When he first opened the laptop and I saw the keyboard and the placement of the delete button I screamed
@davidaddams98023 жыл бұрын
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....
@cittycat74814 жыл бұрын
The packaging gives me flashbacks to DankPod's Ebay Global Shipping Program nightmares
@lorenz24184 жыл бұрын
_slash and dash_
@runes59193 жыл бұрын
*someone's been in here*
@olivertheunissen3 жыл бұрын
I know
@blakesmith21013 жыл бұрын
I remember being all excited when the Gateway "Cow Boxes" showed up at our house.
@crazycorg13 жыл бұрын
My parents kept theirs and we use it to store Christmas decorations. What a lovely box
@miguellebalbo69174 жыл бұрын
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
@mal0gen4 жыл бұрын
Brasil? Positivo?
@gugubope213 жыл бұрын
@@mal0gen AND multilaser, don't forget multilaser
@kittbluevenom23843 жыл бұрын
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.
@therealjammit4 жыл бұрын
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.
@MichaelMJD4 жыл бұрын
That’s really awesome! It would be cool to build a modern system in an old PC case like that.
@michael12342523 жыл бұрын
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.
@stairwaydenied4 жыл бұрын
This is essentially a windows 10 Cromebook.
@stonent4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it looks very similar to my 4 year old Acer chromebook.
@victoriamorrison54543 жыл бұрын
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
@Isopromptyl3 жыл бұрын
@@victoriamorrison5454 Im pretty sure you can run WINE on Chromebooks.
@SenileOtaku3 жыл бұрын
@@Isopromptyl yes, Crossover Office is available for ChromeOS. I have the new release but I haven't installed it yet.
@ozlo4 жыл бұрын
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.
@majoryoshi4 жыл бұрын
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.
@AhJodie2 жыл бұрын
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.
@UKSCIENCEORG4 жыл бұрын
Keep it in the box in mint condition so in 30 years someone with a retro computer KZbin channel can unbox it 😉
@absolutewisp4 жыл бұрын
No! We don't want to preserve that part of the computer history!
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
LOL, it was ALREADY "unboxed" before he took delivery!
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
LOL, it was ALREADY "unboxed" before he took delivery!
@CarrotConsumer4 жыл бұрын
@@absolutewisp I actually find the cheap garbage hardware of yesteryear to be rather interesting.
@PShawtx4 жыл бұрын
Sorry in 30yrs KZbin won't be here. Some other site will be the main video content site people are using. In 30yrs, KZbin whats that ?
@Wasper2163 жыл бұрын
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.
@Locutus4 жыл бұрын
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?
@mjdxp56884 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see this as well, maybe 4.x apps too.
@Locutus4 жыл бұрын
@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...
@MonochromeWench4 жыл бұрын
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.
@MirekFe4 жыл бұрын
@@Locutus Tell Michael that if he doesn't do this: _Resistance is futile._
@psisis74233 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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?
@laharl2k4 жыл бұрын
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.
@seymourhoffman44454 жыл бұрын
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...
@aurel7244 жыл бұрын
MJD: I have this Acer *Proceeds to pull out the laptop that I'm watching this on*
@arteonyx4 жыл бұрын
I got an E5-475G... not bad ig
@Lordspaghett Жыл бұрын
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
@CEO100able4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I had no idea Gateway would ever make a comeback at all, but it's incredible that it did!
@theincrediblehulk28654 жыл бұрын
However, these laptops are just generic laptops with the Gateway logo slapped on. However, it is nice that Acer is reviving the brand!
@CEO100able4 жыл бұрын
@@theincrediblehulk2865 I see. Very true, so I agree!
4 жыл бұрын
CEO100able, these laptops are the same. They sell these laptops in the UK/Germany as Medion-devices.
@retrocomputinggrotto4 жыл бұрын
We've got 10 Gateway servers at work so they've still been around for some time.
@speedy79004 жыл бұрын
i wish they made a true and full comeback
@trs-80fanclub124 жыл бұрын
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.
@mvShooting4 жыл бұрын
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).
@CasioMaker3 жыл бұрын
Their netbook lines were so effin similar. I had a PB Dot-s which also had a Gateway variant (KAV-60)
@mvShooting3 жыл бұрын
@@CasioMaker Mine was a PB dot-a, AKA Acer Aspire One 721, AKA Gateway LT32.
@SereneMidnight124 жыл бұрын
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.
@mjdxp56884 жыл бұрын
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 $200 laptops, they really can't do anything. I guess you could put a really light Linux distro on it, even then the experience wouldn't be ideal.
@MLGKid4204 жыл бұрын
A refurbished ThinkPad or Dell Latitude is much better in that budget range for a laptop, especially with SSDs.
@absolutewisp4 жыл бұрын
@@MLGKid420 Yeah, you're better off buying an old Dell or Lenovo from or newer than 2009 (Windows 7 era), put an SSD and Windows 10 in it and it will be better and sometimes cheaper than these "Gateway" China garbage
@mutestingray4 жыл бұрын
I guess they’re trying to use the Gateway brand for some slight recognition as well as to sell cheaper stuff that doesn’t tarnish the Acer brand
@ian_b4 жыл бұрын
Probably they don't want to tarnish the main Acer brand. Otherwise people will use one then thereafter be like, "I tried an Acer once, it was shit".
@haijehiemstra28834 жыл бұрын
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@lvstfire47262 жыл бұрын
I’ll be honest, I have the gateway laptop, the blue touch screen one, the 200$ one, it’s pretty good (I got mine in store)
@bountoj2 жыл бұрын
Is the RAM expandable or nay?
@Jaguarek624 жыл бұрын
Congrats for surpassing 100k subs.
@MichaelMJD4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@grasstails97374 жыл бұрын
hi 1st windows version i used
@DeceitfulRain4 жыл бұрын
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'.
@Robdeltonie4 жыл бұрын
Me: Wait... Gateway is making computers again? Video: Well, yes, but actually, no!
@JM-sx9yk Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
It's shit with windows 11, barely meets the minimum spec. stuttery mess just trying to play 1080p KZbin 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.
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep4 жыл бұрын
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.
@MadameSomnambule3 жыл бұрын
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.
@ThatTonybo4 жыл бұрын
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.
@gorjy96104 жыл бұрын
If you think that other brands give more quality for $200 than oh boy, you're so wrong,
@ThatTonybo4 жыл бұрын
@@gorjy9610 Considering I paid $3 for mine, it's a bit better. Although yes, I get what you mean.
@ThechronocrosserII4 жыл бұрын
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.
@who62424 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing these are geared more toward younger students who do remote schooling from their homes. Very clever, Acer.
@saturnotaku2 жыл бұрын
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.
@evancrazyerror4 жыл бұрын
2:22 If that came with a Ryzen 7 that actually wouldn’t be that bad of a deal
@absolutewisp4 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... A Chinese laptop with an RTX 2060, it will definitely not be a reprogrammed GTX 960 or anything...
@evancrazyerror4 жыл бұрын
Adam Wójcik I mean they could be built by Clevo, which is a much more reputable brand...
@absolutewisp4 жыл бұрын
@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 :)
@TingFeng774 жыл бұрын
@@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
@TheLucidDreamer124 жыл бұрын
@@absolutewisp but Lenovo are the top-end of Chinese laptops. They're the only reputable chinese laptops, actually.
@joshescobedo37144 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking the box was open because someone went to steal it, realized what it was, and put it back
@jetjazz054 жыл бұрын
if this was a mark rober iDork product it would've been goooone.
@АлексейГриднев-и7р4 жыл бұрын
15:20 - yeah, I clearly see who you learnt those sponsor segues from :)
@Brittany.Anderson3 жыл бұрын
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.
@etiyusefa22294 жыл бұрын
Michael: It`s Maybe The Smallest Laptop Charger I Ever Seen Dart-C: Well...you should have seen me first
@gabm17073 жыл бұрын
i broke the charger, can’t really find a replacement without buying a whole nother laptop, then having to share one cord
@sillystev0n4 жыл бұрын
I saw the thumbnail and I got happy, then I watched it and immediately became sad. Very sad.
@firstnamelastname42244 жыл бұрын
"But you know what doesn't suck? Our video sponsor..." Seamless, Michael, absolutely seamless.
@ShintekBeats3 жыл бұрын
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_OBV10US3 жыл бұрын
That's not the CPU or the ram, that's the shitty hdd
@RakibHasan-zp1cf3 жыл бұрын
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
@paarthureddy27083 жыл бұрын
It's the Hdd, you should get either a 7200 rpm drive or an ssd.
@eLaine334 жыл бұрын
This video is edited and scripted really really well I appreciate it
@ZX3000GT13 жыл бұрын
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?
@traviswalker89333 ай бұрын
Not to mention, the X260 as well which will be far more sensible buy.
@odditythreeD4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Qce-i6d4 жыл бұрын
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.
@matrix20484 жыл бұрын
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.
@benjbk4 жыл бұрын
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-vb2nx3 жыл бұрын
This is why I no longer trust FedEx.
@connorm9554 жыл бұрын
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.
@BoomboxStudiosAndDexter4 жыл бұрын
Hey Michael MJD Again!!
@enderger53084 жыл бұрын
This is why Walmart should not be allowed anywhere near computers.
@Miles-x2u3 жыл бұрын
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 KZbin at top resolution and HD movies. The speed is good, no issues here, best 189.00 I've spent Im very satisfied with it.
@wyattlandrath32654 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t expect good reviews from a laptop that costs as much as a Ryzen 5 3600 alone
@jthomas40574 жыл бұрын
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.
@arbiter12724 жыл бұрын
I want to see how Windows XP would run on it.
@stonent4 жыл бұрын
This is going to be a UEFI only system so XP probably can't boot on it.
@arnox45544 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@32BitAngel4 жыл бұрын
@@CommodoreFan64 *windows is filled with bloatware* tell that to windows 7 buckaroo.
@32BitAngel4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@battlebuddy45173 жыл бұрын
I recommend linux for this case anyways has much better low end hardware support idk about that other guy he likely a arch user
@Carterthielftw_4 жыл бұрын
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
@user-lt2rw5nr9s4 жыл бұрын
Why does this look like a kids toy? Maybe it came out to catch the "Google Classroom Compatible" market?
@grkb4 жыл бұрын
i think that was added becaus eof the covid pandemic
@user-lt2rw5nr9s4 жыл бұрын
@@grkb Yeah, that's what I meant.
@ArmoredarmadilloX3 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about how awesome Gateways Logo is? It's a cowprint cube... COWCUBE
@PaulTheFox19883 жыл бұрын
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.
@ArmoredarmadilloX3 жыл бұрын
Robinthefox88 ow ow ow ow please stop
@johnnyhellfire64 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: DO NOT BUY COMPUTERS FROM WALMART!!!!
@ITAC854 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnnyhellfire64 жыл бұрын
@@ITAC85 amen lol I've repaired too many
@SenileOtaku3 жыл бұрын
I don't buy electronics in general from Wallymart. They have a chronic habit of selling used/returned items as new.
@Wooperplus4 жыл бұрын
My father bought the first computer for the family back in 1998. It was a Gateway. And it really lasted for so many years! Last I remembered it was into 2007.
@IIIJFRIII4 жыл бұрын
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.
@rich10514144 жыл бұрын
EVOO... any time you see that name. Run. Run as fast as you can and never look back.
@jthomas40574 жыл бұрын
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.
@solcraftdev4 жыл бұрын
I had a Gateway all in one with a Core i3-2100 until recently, I do know that they only really died after they released a few Haswell PCs before ceasing.
@rodrigovazquez18744 жыл бұрын
You can Never expect any type of good performance when it comes to Celeron regardless of the ram or machine brand. Celeron is crap
@TerryJulianLive4 жыл бұрын
Your packaged got searched! I used to work at the post office. If it looks suspicious..it gets searched. sometimes its just random.
@JVHShack4 жыл бұрын
Celeron = "Sell ya wrong"
@BNTNJA4 жыл бұрын
@@CommodoreFan64 yeah, absolutely! same with dual core A4, A6, They are garbage.
@BNTNJA4 жыл бұрын
@@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_ii4 жыл бұрын
@@BNTNJA Would probably choose an old Core 2 Duo Mac over any dual core celeron lol
@ashii_ii4 жыл бұрын
@@CommodoreFan64like atleast use SATA HDDs instead of eMMC lol
@jchavez533 жыл бұрын
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.
@philollenberg3 жыл бұрын
The FedEx driver just psychically knew where to deliver it. I thought that was pretty hokey too.
@venividivici42532 жыл бұрын
Old Gateway was much better.
@spideyfan3003 жыл бұрын
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
@naomegumi50482 жыл бұрын
By the way, Gateway laptop isn't available on Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia.
@milesmatheson11422 жыл бұрын
Judging by the packing, or lack thereof, Wmart doesn't give two shits.
@shanehagerty53934 жыл бұрын
Could it not have been opened by the shipping company? That would explain why it looks like the box was taped at one point
@LF5xu4 жыл бұрын
FINALLY GATEWAY IS BACK One of the companies that had laptops that I first used
@GabyG483 жыл бұрын
I still have old my gateway laptop :)
@LaCorvier4 жыл бұрын
Had a gateway back in 98 powered by Pentium iii 500mhz 256meg of ram. 18gb hdd, nvidia tnt with voodoo pci + agp vga card, and their 19 inch monitor... My first design PC.
@zaphael0 Жыл бұрын
> A Windows 10 laptop w/ 2GB of ram [What were they thinking in AVGN voice]
@DJTydalOfficial2 жыл бұрын
For $200, you can get yourself a used Lenovo ThinkPad or any used Business laptop and those will outclass any of those budget Windows laptops.
@rager19694 жыл бұрын
I remember going to CES around 10 years ago and seeing cheap Chinese electronics licensing old American brand names like Westinghouse, Crosley and RCA/GE. RCA/GE was the brand used by TCL.