Gateway 15.6" Laptop 4GB 500GB | NE56R41u

This is a very nice laptop. Still learning windows 8 so not able to give 5 stars.. Laptop does get hot fast but this has not been a problem with the workings of the computer. nice job

I liked the first one so much I bought another one. Both were spotless and worked well. Other reviews said the speakers were bad - they were right - all laptop speakers are bad. Buy some amplified speakers $20 - $40.Nice computer Great price

it was very slow and was crashing right away, its memory sucks and is not a very good buy, wouldn't recommend.

When I got this computer the windows 8 took a minute to get used to but I do like it. Have a little trouble with mouse pad being offset with the screeen and my big hands hitting it when i type. Download speed is a little slow to me compared to a friends HP laptop. Heres the big issuse I have. On the night of the second day having this, lines start appearing on the screen as if the screen is going down. Will call the shipper and see what they recommennd, but will most likely send it back and get an HP or Dell. This is too big an issue to have to deal with, but other than the screen acting stupid I do like it.Update on 10/28/13. On the 27th the mouse pad quit working, the cursor disappeared and I will be sending it back.

This is my very first laptop. There are SO MANY different processors & I had no idea what was better ~ I had no idea about anything! The only thing I knew was that I only wanted an inexpensive model, so I was happy to find one with so much memory for such a low price. And, I had always thought that gateway made a really good product. Well, now I wish I had done more research before I bought this one. It just looked so nice!The very first thing I noticed was that the keyboard looked like it was warped ~ all the keys look like they were removed & put back on without pushing them all the way down. After looking at friend's laptops, I believe the keyboard looks this way because there are so many keys on it. The number keypad is nice, but not all that important on a laptop. They could have spent a little more on the plastic they used for the keys & it wouldn't feel so cheap. Also, the pad itself feels awkward when typing, because there are so many keys on the pad, I have to center my hands way over on the left side, or I hit ENTER all the time... there is no space between the number pad & the typing pad because there are two ENTER keys.The other big problem I have with the keypad is that there are NO LIGHTS ON THE CAP LOCK OR NUM LOCK KEYS! This makes it really a guessing game when entering passwords... something I never thought about until they weren't there.Now for the computer itself... it is really fast. But, there are many times when I turn it on and it does NOTHING! Just a black screen. I don't think it is updating anything, because it doesn't even go to the start up screen to tell me it's doing anything. I have read about this happening to other people, too. I've just held the power button & let it sit for a few seconds, then turn it back on. I tried letting it go until it turns on, but it never does. I do believe this is a manufacture defect, but as long as it does turn on & start, I won't do anything with that... oh, and there is no lid lock on this computer ~ which is pretty minor. That is about all I have to say right now about the computer itself. WINDOWS 8 is a little hard to figure out, but once I figured it out, it was easy to use. and it was really easy to figure it out.I forgot to add this to the list of computer complaints... THE SPEAKERS ARE HORRIBLE!!! THERE IS BETTER SPEAKER QUALITY AT THE LOCAL TACO BELL DRIVE THRU!! I have to use headphones if I want to listen to ANYTHING, because the speaker quality is so bad that it's almost impossible to tell if it's music or words or just static coming out!! However, the VOLUME buttons are very nice & handy to use!! (one for MUTE, one for VOLUME DOWN, and one for VOLUME UP).

My wife loves it. It does what she wants and she can easily cam with her family which is most important. Typing is easy with the keys and the speed is good. The speakers would be the only upgrade for it's daily use.

This computer worked great until I dropped it. Then the hinge broke and it only worked OK. Then about two years out the charger inlet into the computer broke and It wouldn't charge unless I wiggled it. Then it wouldn't charge at all.

It was a gift for my granddaughter, and she seemed very pleased with it. I was a little shocked in the shipping package. huge box with the Gateway wrap in packing tape stuffed between a bunch of paper. . I also purchased one for her twin brother refurbished also from Walmart , and that arrive in a Gateway box the same as a new one, which was a lot more presentable . end result both notebooks work the same.