![]() Testing the 2022 Gateway 15.6-Inch Ultra Slim: Down in the Budget Depths The laptop’s documentation includes a 50%-off coupon code for a year of Kidomi, a subscription service for educational children’s media content. There are also website shortcuts to Walmart and Forge of Empires, the latter a free-to-play online strategy game. The laptop does come with some bloatware, including an advertisement-strewn Solitaire game. The red color is everywhere, broken up only by the logo and the footpads along the bottom. The current 15.6-inch Ultra Slim comes in three colors: blue, green, and the red of our review unit. This model of the Ultra Slim shares the same 15.6-inch screen size as its older brother, the GWTN156-1 we tested a couple of years back. It could suffice for that, but know that it feels as cheap as the price suggests, with the prime culprit being a poor, faded-looking screen. With such a low price, this laptop might seem like a fair option for a child’s first computer, or as an alternative to a similarly priced Chromebook. The 15.6-inch Gateway Ultra Slim (model GWNC21524, $229) reviewed here still has that iconic spotted logo proudly printed on its top cover. That was then, this is now Gateway computers (a sub-brand of Acer) are still around, but now relegated to mostly lower-end configurations sold at Walmart. It was an incredibly large and heavy PC tower with that instantly recognizable cow logo emblazoned on the front. One of this writer's first computing memories was booting up the family Gateway PC to play 3D Pinball Space Cadet. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
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