Gateway One hands-on!
When you think of Gateway, you might think of cows, but you don’t really think of innovation or style. The PC manufacturer know for spitting out middle-of-the-road gear for the past couple years, has finally stepped it up. While the Gateway One isn’t the most unique, or stylish PC we’ve seen, it certainly is attractive and powerful. Yeah, we do think this is a blatant copy of Apple’s successful iMac computer, but even so, the Gateway One is one of the more "hipper" all-in-one PCs we’ve seen, even rivaling Sony’s Vaio line. It definitely looks better in person than it does in the recently circulated promotional ads. While the hardware isn’t anything to email about, it should be more than sufficient enough for an entry or mid-level power user. The processor speeds range from 1.5GHz to 2.0GHz, with a nice 2GB to 3GB of on board RAM. The One comes bundled with a pre-paied wireless keyboard and mouse, too. But one of the coolest aspects is the cable breakout box. This allows you to hide all those hideous cables under the table, leaving only a single wire in sight, on the back of the computer. Expect pricing to be around $1,300 to $1,800 depending on configuration. Available towards to the end of October. As usual, more shots after the jump!
WOW!! That’s a Gateway? Damn I thought gateways were shitty piles of crap with nothing a modern computer user could need or want but this actually looks good and the specs are ok too.
I had to open up my iMac recently and the insides of that looked way higher quality than this Gateway. The outside is just cheap plastic?
i agree this is nothing but a cheap knockoff of the imac. with that said i dont think this thing will sell very well the price tag is still a little on the high side for major retailers to carry it. (circuit city, best buy)
Doesn’t suprise me. Apple is probably the best computer company out there. And I’m a windows user.
I personally think it’s hideous. Am I the only one that notices at least 30-40% of the bottom is just blank drab plastic. Boring.
Please, other manufacturers, get on Gateway’s lead AND ADPOT CABLE BREAKOUT BOXES! The cleanliness of our workspaces will thank you
What a pile of junk 1.5GHZ????? I can get an imac at 2.0GHZ with a 20″ screen for $1200!!!!
It is a bout time someone tried to copy apple