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Edited November 30, 2021
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I have been watching this laptop for a while and it looks like the refurbished version sold by Walmat is on sale down from $389 yesterday. This is in comparison to $399 (Frontpage deal) new. Quality is obviously questionable given its specs for the price, but I think it's worth taking a risk. Gateway is a Walmart brand, but the laptops seem to be manufactured by EVOO.
Available in the colors:
Black [walmart.com] NLA Available again
Blue [walmart.com]
Specs:
- Windows 10 Home
- 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 Processor (2.40 GHz, Up to 4.20 GHz, 8M Cache)
- Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
- 14.1" LCD IPS FHD Display, (1920 x 1080), Edge-to-Edge
- Precision Touchpad
- Tuned by THX™ Audio
- 512 GB Solid State Drive
- 16 GB Memory (RAM)
- Built-in Fingerprint Scanner (Windows Hello)
- 1.0 MP Front-Facing Camera
- Up to 10 hours of battery life
- Micro SD Slot (Up to 512 GB) x 1
- HDMI Output x 1
- USB Type-C x 1 (Should support charging laptop with this model)
- USB 3.0 x 1
- USB 3.1 x 1
- Built-in Stereo Speakers x 2
- Bluetooth 5.1
- Built-in Microphone
- Product Dimensions: 13.1" x 8.75" x 0.75"
- Weight: 4.0 lbs.
- Free Upgrade to Windows 11 when available
- KEYBOARD NOT BACKLIT
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Refurb.../744084451
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SSD = solid state disk. Just means the drive uses "flash" memory instead of the older, slower, spinning magnetic platters (hard disk drive). Thankfully nowadays these are used in most computers and pretty much no one should be running a computer off a hard disk drive.
M.2 = This is a "form factor," i.e. the slot that the SSDs plug into in most modern laptops. Note m.2 drives come in different lengths, with the "2280" size being most common.
It gets confusing because there are M.2 drives that use the SATA interface and drives that use NVME interface. And then on computers, there are M.2 "slots" that only support SATA, there are "slots" that only support NVME (rare), and "slots" (most) that support both. Thus it is sometimes possible for a drive to physically fit but not function.
The NVME interface has more bandwidth than the SATA interface (i.e. the drive talks to the computer through a "fatter" pipe) so in theory is better, but only if the drives in question are fast enough to fill up the "pipe" (i.e. the pipe doesn't become a bottleneck). NVME drives will usually "test" as being faster using performance tests but often there is no noticeable difference to the user between an SATA SSD and an NVME SSD in "everyday" computing tasks.
Maybe someone can verify what I think somebody tried to share, which is that this laptop has two m.2 slots, but neither one supports NVME drives. Is this the case?
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90 days. Tempting deal but that short of a warranty is concerning.
Can buy this and extended 3 year warranty for cheaper than buying a new one.
This vid review recommends getting into the bios to up the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YuJso3
But i think we agree that the specs and performance for the price aren't the problem....
On the fence vs. Target new HP for $276 (HP 14" Laptop with Windows Home in S mode - Intel Core i3 11th Gen Processor - 4GB RAM Memory - 128GB SSD Storage - Silver (14-dq2031tg)).
I can't decide...this for $338 or the Target deal for $276 ($62 diff). Bought and can return to Walmart after running through its paces i guess.
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It says you can return to store, 30 days after Dec 26th