[MineralMan]

Oops! I knew this was going to happen. When the stores first opened, at least the one in my area, you couldn't walk in, buy a computer, then walk out. Next door to the Gateway store was a Best Buy, where you could do just that.

Silly Gateway.

[Viking2002]

Their 'retail' stores were more like new car showrooms, without the inventory. Bad marketing move.

[Bobby777]

I noticed that too a few years ago when I went in ... then, a few weeks ago, I noticed the building was empty ...

In 1989/1990, Gateway had a chance to really sit on top of the computer market ... and then their quality just went downhill ... I was afraid to buy one after client after client kept tossing the Gateway's out in favor of Compaq or Dell (which of couse are not perfect either) ...

Micron PC was hot for awhile but I've not heard much of them lately ...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...I knew this was going to happen...

Me too. The stores were a drain and never profitable.

[Paul_B]

G. is hedging their bets though. At BB they'll sell you the latest G., in the form of an eMachine (quite a decent piece of work it is, too; much prefer it to HP/Compaq).

[manic4organic]

Exactly. I walked in to one in Texas prepared to buy four PCs for my business. After 30 frustrating minutes I left.

[South40]

Oops! I knew this was going to happen. When the stores first opened, at least the one in my area, you couldn't walk in, buy a computer, then walk out. Next door to the Gateway store was a Best Buy, where you could do just that.

You have to wait for delivery of a Dell also and they're doing just fine.

[js1138]

Oops! I knew this was going to happen. When the stores first opened, at least the one in my area, you couldn't walk in, buy a computer, then walk out. Next door to the Gateway store was a Best Buy, where you could do just that.

My daughter tried to buy a Gateway laptop before a recent trip. There were none to buy. We walked across the street to Office Depot and bought a Avertec laptop off the shelf. Four pounds, Lithium ion battery, DVD player, CD burner, 30 gig drive, AMD 1700 CPU, XP Professional, modem, Ethernet, Wireless Ethernet, $995. Perfect for taking on a trip, keeping in touch via email and IM, downloading digital camera pics, burning CDs to mail home. Worked like a charm.