Gateway Is BACK! - But Is Their $200 Laptop Any Good?

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Gateway is a name that we haven't heard in a while in the world of technology. Founded in 1985 as Gateway 2000, they went on to be one of the most popular computer manufacturers out there. But now, after a long hiatus, they're back! But are their new machines any good? Let's find out!

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[frostech]

*20 years later*
The 10$ Gateway Windows 10 Machine - A retro rarity or rubbish?

[ProtoMario]

My first real pc was a Gateway, man... depressing to see this.

[mpf]

When the package thief takes pity on you for your choice of laptop.

[garlandstrife]

Gateway was the last PC my father had before passing away in 2009. I'll always remember fondly this brand.

[kmemz]

I think GPU Company could be an unfortunate acronym for "Gateway Products US"

[Wren]

This isn’t Gateway coming back. This is Gateway getting the Disney treatment. A larger company is using its brand image and logo while making its corpse shuffle about for a bit.

[backslashxy]

Worked at Walmart in a previous life. While I cant stand the place I can confirm their shipping standards are better than that. Looks to me like your package got searched in transit I've seen that happen alot from the shipping companies and even post office.

[robertr.]

You know, in a way, this is actually pretty insulting. There was a time in history where Gateway was one of the best of the best. They brought Gateway back from the grave only to soil its name and make it look weak. To us fans of retro computers, this is indeed pretty insulting. Acer, pay attention to what people are doing to one of your brands and put a stop to this.

[aetvrna]

Gateway still exists? Holy cow!

And it was meant to be a joke, the logo is a cow skin

[AndroidSunner]

I've gotta admit, even if the computer sucked; I do admire the attention to heritage with the cowprint box.
Also: more recently, Gateway updated their actual website to completely cut off mentions of it's Products and Shopping tools and it is now strictly for support, driver downloads and a history page.

[stevef]

Nice to see that THX means _absolutely nothing_ now.

[cabbagememes]

Ah yes my laptop that I use for zoom meetings and google classroom has an RTX 2060 so I can raytrace my answers

[mattj]

@4:04 "Look at how this idiot packed it. He didn't tape it, he just flipped the flaps." --Morty Seinfeld, 1994.

[lwvmobile]

Considering the fact that the shipping label was covered up by the flap, I have a feeling that somebody opened it and closed it back up after it got close to its destination. That package has definitely been tampered with. I've ordered a ton of stuff from Walmart, and never once received a box packed like that. I'd have refused the shipment looking like that, or at the very least, document it and send a complaint to both Fedex and Walmart.

[hammerrox]

I've always wondered why Acer never used Gateway as a lower end, more affordable computer brand that could be sold at Walmart or Target. That's what Gateway was as a company initially anyways, so why not take advantage of it? Thanks for another great video Michael!

[gkid]

'Out of retirement' is an understatement 'back from the grave' is more fitting

[madocworks]

I remember going in a gateway store in the early 2000's and helping a family member get a pc built for their business. it cost like $4000, and it was a Pentium 3 Cpu, with a 40GB hard drive and 1GB of ram running windows xp.

[blakesmith]

I remember being all excited when the Gateway "Cow Boxes" showed up at our house.

[stairwaydenied]

This is essentially a windows 10 Cromebook.

[davidaddams]

I work for FedEx so I can add a little relevant information.

Walmart packages are a bit prone to coming open during shipping. The paper tape doesn't always hold up when loaded with other packages on a trailer. I've personally taped up hundreds of open Walmart packages.

Why no one taped your up....