New Solo 5150 Takes Thin and Light, Road-Warrior Notebook to New Level
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08/25/98
Business Wire
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NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1998--
Leading-edge feature set and price make the company's newest
notebook the ideal presentation and traveling machine
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a global leader in the direct marketing of PCs, today announced the immediate availability of the new Solo 5150. This road-warrior notebook redefines the Solo 5000 series with a new feature set for optimum performance among portable PCs in the thin and light category.
" Gateway helped pioneer the thin and light notebook category almost a year ago with the Solo 5100, and the Solo 5150 builds upon that notebook's form factor and core components," said Bob Burnett, vice president, mobile systems. "The Solo 5150 continues this leadership role with leading-edge technology at excellent price points, making the Solo 5150 an outstanding value for Gateway clients."
While the form factor on the Solo 5150 notebook is the same as the Solo 5100, the addition of a new video and DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) accelerator, a brighter LCD panel, and a different battery give the Solo 5150 a new level of performance and technology.
Solo 5150 Modularity
The Solo 5150 is now the most flexible notebook within the Solo
series, with its media bays supporting DVD -ROM, CD-ROM, floppy disk
drive, 120MB SuperDisk(TM), and a weight saver module. This
flexibility helps make the Solo 5150 very scalable and an ideal choice
for business clients who have a variety of users with different needs.
DVD Technology
Solo 5150 clients can get exceedingly more storage capacity with
DVD -ROM than they can with CD-ROM, storage which is necessary for
increasingly complex software. An optional PC card DVD decoder
provides a high-quality, full-featured DVD solution. This transforms
the Solo 5150 into an entertainment system, allowing users to watch
full-length feature films on their notebook.
DVD technology is now an option across the entire Solo notebook line.
New Video, Battery and LCD Panel for Increased Performance
The Solo 5150 implements NeoMagic's new MagicMedia256AV
multimedia accelerator for high performance video and DVD . Another
performance enhancement is the new intelligent, 50-watt-hour battery.
This battery has an external gauge. By pressing a button on the
battery, a client can see exactly how much charge is left.
In addition to this new technology, the 5150's new 14.1-inch,
135-nit LCD panel provides Gateway clients with a brighter display for
easier viewing.
Manageability for Corporate Clients
The Solo 5150 has a strong manageability emphasis, with all
corporate systems shipping with LANDesk(R) Client Manager 3.3
installed. The BIOS on the Solo 5150 is also DMI 2.0-compatible. The
5150 shares common modularity of many of its components with other
notebooks in the Solo line. System memory, power adapters and other
peripherals are interchangeable with the Solo 2500 and 9100. Gateway
notebooks also share common docking.
Common modularity allows Gateway clients to lower their total cost of ownership by reducing the inventories of component parts required to support notebook users.
Solo 5150 Configurations and Pricing for Consumers, Small and Medium
Business
The Solo 5150 is an ideal portable desktop with its large screen
and DVD . For consumers and small and medium businesses, the Solo
5150LS is configured with a 233MHz Pentium(R) II processor, 14.1-inch
display, 64MB SDRAM, a 4GB hard disk, floppy drive, DVD -ROM, a lithium
ion battery, Win Modem, and Microsoft(R) Office 97 SBE for $2,899.
Under the Your:)Ware(SM) program, the 5150LS can be purchased by
consumers for as low as $96 a month, including unlimited
gateway .net(SM) Internet service.1
The Solo 5150XL has a 266MHz Pentium II processor, 14.1-inch
display, 96MB of SDRAM, a 6GB hard disk, 120MB SuperDisk, DVD -ROM, two
lithium ion batteries, Win Modem, and Microsoft(TM) Office 97 SBE for
$3,499. Under the Your:)Ware(SM) program, the 5150XL can be purchased
by consumers for as low as $113 a month, including unlimited
gateway .netSM Internet service. 2
Solo 5150 Configurations and Pricing for Fortune 1,000, Education and
Government
The Solo 5150 is excellent for Fortune 1000 companies, government
agencies and educational institutions with its scalability and
manageability features. The 5150SE will ship standard to Fortune
1,000, government and education clients with a 233MHz Pentium II
processor, 14.1-inch display, 32MB of SDRAM, a 2GB hard disk, floppy
drive, CD-ROM, a lithium ion battery, and Microsoft Works software for
$2,199.
About Solo Line Notebooks
The 2500, 5150 and 9100 are members of the Solo notebook family.
The Solo line has won numerous awards from leading trade publications,
demonstrating the comprehensiveness and strength of Gateway (TM)
notebooks. The 2500 is a value-line notebook aimed at the mainstream
user. The 9100 is Gateway 's full-featured, desktop-replacement model
for clients who want everything in their portable machines.
Gateway Notebooks Receive Critical Acclaim
The Solo notebook line won a "Readers' Choice" award for service
and reliability from PC Magazine readers in the July issue of PC
Magazine. According to research conducted with PC Magazine
subscribers, Gateway notebook clients spend less time than average
waiting on the phone for a technician. Another recent win for the Solo
line came in the August issue of PC Magazine, where the Solo 2500 and
Solo 9100 received "Editors' Choice" awards from PC Magazine editors.
In the August 3 issue of Federal Computer Week's Government Best Buys,
the Solo 2500 won the Best Buy Award in the publication's notebook
round-up, based on overall value and performance.
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end of the fourth year of ownership, the client can keep the PC or
trade it in for its then average wholesale value toward the purchase
of another Gateway (TM) computer. For more information about
Your:)Ware, please visit www. gateway .com or call 1-800- GATEWAY (SM).
About Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a Fortune 500 company founded in 1985, is a
leading global direct marketer of PC products. The company has
manufacturing facilities in the United States, Ireland and Malaysia
and employs more than 13,000 people worldwide. Gateway products and
services consistently win top awards from leading industry
publications. Revenue for the year 1997 was $6.3 billion. For further
information, visit Gateway at http://www. gateway .com.
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CONTACT: Gateway , North Sioux City MEDIA CONTACTS: Molly Gaines, Marketing Communications, (605) 232-1223 molly.gaines@ gateway .com or Greg Lund, Corporate Communications, (605) 232-1757 greg.lund@ gateway .com
17:26 EDT AUGUST 25, 1998
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