Gateway 700XL Wins PC Magazine's 'Editors' Choice' Award; New Gateway Desktop is Most Advanced PC Ever Sold in U.S.
January 15, 2002 12:35
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW) has received the prestigious "Editors' Choice" award from PC Magazine for its new Gateway 700XL, the most advanced desktop PC ever sold nationally.
"Gateway desktops have been attracting attention in the company's nationwide stores lately," PC Magazine stated in its review. "Consumers love the flat-panel LCDs that even the sub-$1,000 systems come with ... for the money you just can't get more P4 power than this, which is why it's our Editors' Choice."
On the market for just one week, the Gateway 700XL has been selling at a rate 10 times faster than the system it replaced.
The Gateway 700XL is bursting with high-end technologies: the all-new Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.20 GHz processor , an enormous 120GB hard drive, an expansive 18.1-inch (viewable) flat-panel display, a DVD-Rewritable drive, and 1GB of memory. It's also the first PC on the market with the new Hi-Speed USB 2.0 peripheral interface, providing data transfer speeds up to 40 times faster than USB 1.0.
"The response to our new 700XL has been incredible," said Mike Ritter, Gateway vice president. "This PC has immediately won the respect of influential editors and PC enthusiasts alike. It's an awesome system that includes the very best of everything: hardware, software, peripherals, the works."
Some feature highlights of the Gateway 700XL include:
* Intel Pentium 4 2.20 GHz processor -- the fastest CPU available.
* Massive 120GB hard drive -- the largest on the market, capable of
storing 100,000 minutes of music (about 25,000 songs), with 20GB of
disk space remaining for programs and files.
* DVD-Rewritable drive allows users to store 4,000 photos onto a single
DVD disc.
* Huge 18.1-inch (viewable) flat-panel LCD display -- a free upgrade from
Gateway for a limited time.
* Whopping 1GB of memory -- a free upgrade from Gateway for a limited
time.
The 700XL also features Gateway's Video:)Ware Advanced bundle to deliver an ideal digital video editing and production solution. The Gateway Video:)Ware(SM) Advanced solution bundle makes digital video editing and production hassle-free with an easy-to-read Getting Started Guide, MGI VideoWave 5.0 video editing software, connecting cables and training on digital video.
The Gateway 700XL is priced at $2,999. The system comes with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition and Microsoft Office XP Small Business. To help users get connected to the Internet quickly, the Gateway 700XL also comes with one year of America Online Internet access.
For more information about the Gateway 700XL, call 800-846-2106, visit the company's Web site at www.gateway.com or go to one of the Gateway stores nationwide.
About Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a personal technology company, improves people's lives through a combination of the latest and best hardware, communication tools, applications, training and service, all wrapped in a custom financing package. The company takes a localized approach, utilizing its Web site, call centers and nationwide network of Gateway retail stores to build direct relationships with consumers, small and medium businesses and government and education institutions. A Fortune 500(R) company founded in 1985, Gateway is ranked as the most admired American company in the Computers and Office Equipment industry in a Fortune magazine survey(1) and is the top brand in customer loyalty and for first-time home computer purchases of Wintel-based PCs(2). For more information, visit Gateway's Web site at www.gateway.com .
(1) Fortune Magazine, "America's Most Admired Companies," February 19, 2001.
(2) From the Harris Interactive Consumer TechPoll(SM) study of 140,000 PC owners who use the Internet, released March 5, 2001.
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