JDN and Thread - Gateway Announces SpeedStep Notebooks; available now at 600 and 650 MHz.
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Tuesday January 18, 7:01 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Gateway
Gateway Delivers Intel's New Mobile Processor Technology Across Its Solo Line of Notebook Computers
Editor's Summary: - Introducing the industry's largest display at 15.7-inches, the Gateway(TM) Solo(R) 9300 brings business customers and computing enthusiasts the ultimate combination of performance, multimedia and expansion capabilities. - With prices starting at $2,499, Gateway brings Intel's latest mobile processor technology to mainstream business customers with the Solo 2550.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to deliver a wide array of mobile solutions for business customers and enthusiasts, Gateway (NYSE: GTW - news) today brings new Pentium® III processors featuring Intel® SpeedStep(TM) technology to its award-winning Solo family. Featuring the industry's largest display at 15.7-inches, the Solo 9300 series maximizes performance, multimedia and expansion with new configurations that push the envelope on technological innovation. For mainstream business customers, Gateway's Solo 2550 sets the value bar for Intel's latest mobile processor technology with prices starting at $2,499.
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The Solo 9300 and Solo 2550 incorporate new 650MHz and 600MHz Mobile Pentium III processors with Intel SpeedStep technology to maximize power and computing time. With these new processors, customers can maximize performance while connected to AC power and optimize battery life when on the road or away from the office.
''Customers have relied on Gateway to bring the latest technology to market with options that address both mainstream and advanced computing needs,'' said Michael Stinson, director of product marketing, Gateway. ''Our Solo notebooks with Intel's latest processor technology give customers more flexibility than ever by scaling the performance and battery consumption to fit their working conditions. In addition, the new options for our flagship Solo 9300 series of notebook computers bring business users and enthusiasts everything they expect from a leading-edge desktop PC.''
''With the new Pentium III processors featuring Intel SpeedStep technology, Intel delivers desktop-type performance to notebooks across a range of prices and system sizes,'' said Robert Jecmen, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile and Handheld Products Group. ''We are excited Gateway is making our latest technology available to value-conscious customers with the Solo 2550 series and giving power-users a great desktop-replacement solution with the Solo 9300 series.''
GATEWAY SOLO 9300 SETS THE STANDARD FOR MULTIMEDIA, FLEXIBILITY AND
EXPANSION
Boasting the industry's largest display, the Solo 9300 provides a
15.7-inch SXGA TFT panel with a viewable area that rivals 17-inch desktop
monitors (15.9-inch viewable). The 1.6-inch high and 8.61-pound design
maintains Gateway's leadership in delivering advanced technology and
performance while maintaining a thinner and lighter profile than similarly
configured systems.
A multimedia powerhouse, the Solo 9300 provides many unique options that enhance applications such as web browsing and advanced presentations. Offering outstanding sound and graphics quality for the computing enthusiast, the Solo 9300 provides Dolby Digital®/AC-3 output, a DVD/MPEG-2 software decoder, an ATI 2X AGP 3D graphics accelerator with 8MB of SGRAM, IEEE 1394 (FireWire) for digital editing and composite video output ports.
Rounding out the desktop-equivalent feature-set, the Solo 9300 offers industry-leading flexibility and expansion. The modular design provides two bays, which support a host of options including second batteries, second hard drives and all standard media drives. In addition, the Solo 9300 supports CD-RW drives for creating content on CDs and the LS-120 SuperDisk(TM) for storing large amounts of data.
GATEWAY SOLO 2550 BLENDS VALUE, PERFORMANCE AND CONVENIENCE
Gateway's Solo 2550 puts the latest processor technology into the hands of mainstream business customers with prices starting at $2,499 for a configuration with a 600MHz Mobile Pentium III processor featuring SpeedStep technology. The ideal solution for common office productivity applications, the Solo 2550 series also provides 13.3-inch TFT displays, up to 288MB of memory, 4GB to 18GB hard drives, integrated 56K(1) modems and AGP graphics with 4MB of SGRAM.
The Solo 2550 and 9300 provide a host of operating system choices including Microsoft Windows® 95, 98 and NT. The Solo series will also offer Windows 2000 when it becomes available, providing business customers with increased reliability, enhanced security and mobile support.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Available now, Gateway's Solo 2550 notebooks featuring SpeedStep technology start at $2,499 while the Solo 9300 notebooks with 15.7-inch display and SpeedStep technology start at $3,499. For more information about Gateway computers call 1-800-GATEWAY(SM), visit the company's web site at www.gateway.com or stop in one of more than 200 Gateway Country showrooms. |
