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Technology Stocks : Gateway (GTW) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dell-icious who wrote (6575)	8/27/1998 12:37:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 8002

Dellicious<I was wondering if anyone here has heard of any rumors of a GTW buyout. Someone on the DELL thread is speculating of an acquisition by DELL,> I think you should work for Morgan Stanely.

To: Dell-icious who wrote (6575)	8/27/1998 11:34:00 AM
From: Greg Jung	Respond to of 8002

Takeover is one of the sillier reasons why Gateway has been bid up. More likely is it is a pure trader's stock, illiquid in a moderated sort of way. Now component of SP500 so watch S&P. Gateway is now selling big SVGA monitors with cheap computers attached: Gateway D6-333c Intel 333-MHz Celeron processor Intel 440LX chipset 32MB 100-MHz SDRAM expandable to 384 2GB Ultra ATA hard drive STB 2MB EDO DRAM graphics w/ cable-ready TV tuner 2X DVD-ROM w/DVD titles 16-bit wavetable audio card 27" SVGA monitor 56-kbps voice Winmodem wireless keyboard w/ trackpad pointing device wireless field mouse remote w/ integrated track ball Windows 98 $1,999