Been using the little 1 GB Gateway to surf the net and I find it to work just fine. My daughters game sites take a minute or two to load up but the games themselves work fine.

I guess it's just a PC thing but about every third time the computer has been used there are 20-50 updates that take up to 10 minutes to upload. This happens automatically and its slow with the limited memory this thing has. It's a PITA that I never have to deal with on my MAc. Still the best thing for us for now and the near future.

The weirdness with the touchpad has not come back. I have not tried to duplicate that behavior butr it has not resurfaced on its own either. I'm attributing the sluggish touchpad to the battery that had never had a charge.

Thanks for advice everyone.