Gateway's last stand?

filmmaker2002

They've done it before with the iMac. Tomorrow they will introduce the M500 notebook encased in silver, sporting a dark keyboard. It also features a 15.2 widescreen display with a resolution of 1280x854 (sound familiar?), built in 802.11b, slot-loading combo drive with the option to upgrade to a DVD burner, 40GB HD, DDR RAM, and...wait...only an nVidia 420Go. For a moment there I thought it was the Powerbook. Oh well. Apple will get 'em back with the new 15". With any luck, we can throw a 970 in Gateway's face by Christmas, that is if Gateway is AROUND at Christmas.



here's the link to a preview page:



http://reviews.designtechnica.com/re..._intro512.html

alcimedes

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.



at least some PC users will have a shot at a nice laptop, even if it doesn't have the proper OS on it.

filmmaker2002

Quote:

Originally posted by alcimedes

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.



at least some PC users will have a shot at a nice laptop, even if it doesn't have the proper OS on it.

So true, that and it weighs in a over 6 lbs. What...Gateway engineers couldn't go all the way and copy Apple by making it lighter?

aquatic

Didn't they go out of business?

david101

They couldn't make it as pretty as an apple though could they?

costique

Quote:

Originally posted by Aquatic

Didn't they go out of business?

I'm afraid that Apple has 'better' chances to go out of business than any crapmaker solely because of people's bad habit of buying crap to save a buck or two.

aquafire

They had a huge gateway store in the centre of our town. They were virtually giving computers away at ridiculousy low prices..We kept wondering how long they'd last...they were here for 3 years..now Kapputsky outside of the USA.



Oh well:

Maybe they can chisel this on the corporate tombstone.



"rose from obscurity & sank into oblivion "

gizzmonic

Let this be a lesson to all those who think Apple should go x86 and compete directly with Dell. That market is saturated and collapsing, especially at the medium/highend where Gateway loved to position itself.



I always hated how Gateway tried to sell you satellite receiver, TV sets, and other crap along with their computers...oh well, another beige box maker with nothing original to offer falls flat on its face.

macusers

this one is still made of plastic, its just spray painted, what kind of "design' is that

klinux

When things are peeling, there is not that much difference sprayed painted titanium and plastic . Both sucks.

malokata

It is nice and cheap, however.

pesi

i thought this was Gateway's last stand:



http://news.com.com/2100-1042-1011525.html



and people thought the original iBooks were too girly?

wagnerite

touche

matsu

At least one elite-price zealot had come out in defence of Apple's ridiculous prices over the last 3-4 years, couldn't leave it alone.



Gateway DID NOT LOSE money on it's computer business, they got CREAMED in a thoroughly thoughtless RETAIL STORE bid. When they were a direct seller, they were doing quite well, then they started carpet bombing suburbia with "Gateway Country" stores and they started bleeding money.



If Apple learns anything from gateway, it should learn that it has reached a sufficient number of US stores, they can open a few more here and there, but really they ought to focus on A FEW international locations that preserve the boutique feel -- Tokyo, Seoul, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Rome, Paris, Frankfurt, yadda yadda, stores guaranteed to have a high traffic of rich customers in addition to local mac-lots.



Resist the urge to grow to far too fast, retail stores are an iffy business, and Apple is right on that acceptable cusp of pop-retail saturation.