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had a bulk delivery today in Gateway 2000 boxes. remember them? flashback! lol
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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1033027" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><strong>Gateway, what a story.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Gateway was founded on September 5, 1985, on a farm outside Sioux Cityy, Iowa, by Ted Waittt and </strong></p><p><strong>Mike Hammond. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Originally called Gateway 2000, it was one of the first widely successful direct sales PC </strong></p><p><strong>companies, utilizing a sales model copied from Dell, and playing up its Iowa roots with</strong></p><p> <strong>low-tech advertisements proclaiming "Computers from Iowa?"</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In 1989 Gateway moved its corporate offices and production facilities to North Sioux City, South Dakota.</strong></p><p><strong>In line with the Holstein cow mascot, Gateway opened a chain of retail stores called Gateway Country Stores, mostly</strong></p><p> <strong>in suburbann areas across the United States.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>It dropped the "2000" from its name on October 31, 1998. AOL acquired Gateway.net, the online</strong></p><p> <strong>component of Gateway, Inc., in October 1999 for US$800 million.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Gateway struggled after the dot-com bust and tried several strategies to return to </strong></p><p><strong>profitability, including withdrawal from international markets, reduction in the number of retail</strong></p><p> <strong>stores and most significantly, entering the consumer electronics business.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>However, amid widespread complaints about its reputedly poor customer service, none of these </strong></p><p><strong>efforts was particularly successful from a financial standpoint, and Gateway continued to suffer </strong></p><p><strong>major losses as well as market share in the PC business.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>By April 1, 2004, Gateway had announced that it would shut down its 188 remaining stores.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>On March 11, 2004, Gateway purchased low-cost PC marketer eMachines, for US$30 million in cash </strong></p><p><strong>and 50 million shares of stock, valuing the deal at approximately US$262 million with announced</strong></p><p> <strong>intentions to keep the eMachines brand.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Gateway has resourced customer support within North America, priding itself as "100% North America-based support".</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>Gateway also moved build-to-order desktop, laptop, and server manufacturing back to the United States, with the opening of its Gateway Configuration Center in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2006.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>It employed 385 people in that location. As of April 2007 Gateway notebook computers were produced</strong></p><p> <strong>in China and its desktops had "made in Mexico" stickers.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>On October 16, 2007, Acer completed its acquisition of Gateway for US$710 million. J.T. Wang, the company's chairman, said in a statement that the acquisition "completes Acer's global footprint, by strengthening our U.S. presence."</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 1033027, member: 38206"] [B]Gateway, what a story. Gateway was founded on September 5, 1985, on a farm outside Sioux Cityy, Iowa, by Ted Waittt and Mike Hammond. Originally called Gateway 2000, it was one of the first widely successful direct sales PC companies, utilizing a sales model copied from Dell, and playing up its Iowa roots with low-tech advertisements proclaiming "Computers from Iowa?" In 1989 Gateway moved its corporate offices and production facilities to North Sioux City, South Dakota. In line with the Holstein cow mascot, Gateway opened a chain of retail stores called Gateway Country Stores, mostly in suburbann areas across the United States. It dropped the "2000" from its name on October 31, 1998. AOL acquired Gateway.net, the online component of Gateway, Inc., in October 1999 for US$800 million. Gateway struggled after the dot-com bust and tried several strategies to return to profitability, including withdrawal from international markets, reduction in the number of retail stores and most significantly, entering the consumer electronics business. However, amid widespread complaints about its reputedly poor customer service, none of these efforts was particularly successful from a financial standpoint, and Gateway continued to suffer major losses as well as market share in the PC business. By April 1, 2004, Gateway had announced that it would shut down its 188 remaining stores. On March 11, 2004, Gateway purchased low-cost PC marketer eMachines, for US$30 million in cash and 50 million shares of stock, valuing the deal at approximately US$262 million with announced intentions to keep the eMachines brand. Gateway has resourced customer support within North America, priding itself as "100% North America-based support". Gateway also moved build-to-order desktop, laptop, and server manufacturing back to the United States, with the opening of its Gateway Configuration Center in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2006. It employed 385 people in that location. As of April 2007 Gateway notebook computers were produced in China and its desktops had "made in Mexico" stickers. On October 16, 2007, Acer completed its acquisition of Gateway for US$710 million. J.T. Wang, the company's chairman, said in a statement that the acquisition "completes Acer's global footprint, by strengthening our U.S. presence."[/B] [/QUOTE]
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