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September 27, 2007

rivals

Meet the Gateway iMa…er, Gateway One

Posted Sep. 27, ’07, 9:34 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Apple » Rivals

Gateway OneYou know what I like the most about Gateway’s new all-in-one computer, the Gateway One (aside, of course, from the simple naming style)? It’s that little fake glass sheen that they put in this product photo. Man, that’s slick. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Crazy!

Seriously, G-dub, are you feeling a little bit insecure about your spot in the PC market? I know this isn’t the first time you’ve tried introducing an all-in-one computer design, but the design here is pretty darn shameless, if I may say so. Glossy monolithic exterior? Flat keyboard? Wireless mouse? Included remote? It’s almost enough to make me want to go out and buy, well, an iMac.

The One is priced between $1,300 and $1,800—pretty close to a certain other all-in-one computer—but it comes with just a 19” display. While it has some other amenities that the iMac lacks, like a 5-in-1 flash card reader and USB TV tuner (on the high-end model), the specs seem pretty close: 1.5GHz-2.0GHz Core Duo, 320GB HD, 2GB of RAM. Will this be enough to push Gateway out of its sales slump? You know if copying Apple was all it took, then all of those geniuses who thought that the secret to making a computer was to make it blue ought to be rolling in the dough by now. Right, eMachines?

[via Engadget]


5 Comments

krye said:

iThrowUp

September 27, 2007 10:34 AM
Cecil said:

Of course, Gateway bought eMachines, so maybe this is the same group of geniuses.

September 27, 2007 11:42 AM
Andre Da Costa said:

First Apple now Gateway, whats up with the fixation on Jay Leno's chin?

September 27, 2007 5:58 PM
ComputerGeek said:

It actually looks really good. I saw it in person. The front panel is the speaker and it sounds great. I also wish I could record TV shows on my iMac. I do not like paying $1.99 for reruns.

September 27, 2007 8:24 PM
Irina Author Profile Page said:

You can record shows on your iMac with Elgato's EyeTV. We have the EyeTV Hybrid (currently sold for 149.95 USD). It works great, we can schedule recording of TV shows and watch live TV on our mac.

Also, until September 30th the Hybrid has a $20 mail-in-rebate which drops it's price to 129.95 USD. I think that's a fair price for getting the benefits of using a mac and TiVo like functionality.

http://www.elgato.com/

September 28, 2007 11:58 PM

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