“Gateway’s newest gamble will be to ditch consumer electronics and focus on its original offering, PCs, according to The Wall Street Journal. This represents yet another shift in direction for the company, seeing how it recently shuttered its retail stores, getting together with retailers such as Best Buy and CompUSA,” Alyce Lomax reports for The Motley Fool. But, it won’t be easy, Loxan reports, “Gateway is struggling to steal market share from other PC heavyweights such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard. There’s even Apple’s loyal following to contend with, and what no longer seems like such a far-fetched possibility — that the popularity of the iPod could excite sales of Macintosh computer products.”
“This gamble of Gateway’s may, of course, pan out as the company struggles for a turnaround.
The people that work for Gateway care if they bite the dust…
When was it ever a “far-fetched possibility?” I always knew it would happen.
I hate cow computers!!!
“The people that work for Gateway care if they bite the dust…”
Just how many people will have to get a new job when Gateway drops dead (see headline below)? And, you know what, it happens. Go get a new job. The company you work for now sucks and doesn’t deserve to continue if they/you can’t compete.
Beleaguered Gateway cuts another 1,500 jobs; has cut 22,600 jobs in last four years – April 30, 2004
Hey, even Apple’s market share is higher than Gateway’s these days.
Sigh. I remember back in the days when “Beleaguered” was only used in front of “Apple” in headlines. Gosh, there’s been a lot of tonic water under the bridge since then…
Maybe Gateway should just change their name to “Dell Lite”? Saves consumer confusion.
Er.. jeez.. what a lame news item..
I mean.. yeah, it’s funny..
but.. yawn.. Dell’s barely making a profit on those low low end $500 PC’s.. they make great money in the Enterprise market…
Gateway.. yawn..
Dell stinks, Gateway stinks. I have to fix Dells at work. It’s a joke. Their “customer service” lines always hang up on me and their equipment is garbage.
I’d NEVER pay money for a gateway or a dell.
Gateway sucks. Always has, always will.
Weird. A recruiter just contacted me and said Gateway was hiring for several positions in Irvine, CA. Go figure.
RIP Gateway.
With this business strategy they are gonna be dead and buried in 5 years.
There is too much competition in the pc market – what do they offer that’s better than Dull or HP?
NOTHING!