RSSDigitalLife 2007: Gateway One Unveiled Today
By Tim Conneally | Published September 27, 2007, 1:02 PM
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Citing market research and reports, Gateway says this unit will function well as the entertainment hub in a digital household, and is especially suited to the consumer who uses his computer itself as his entertainment center. Wireless peripherals, invisible speakers, and most importantly, the CPU and flat screen monitor combo are all present in one sleek package.
What the company touts as its most innovative feature is somewhat...curious. The NXT SoundVU exciters turn the polished front surface into a sort of speaker, vibrating it to create stereo sound. While not like a dynamic speaker where the source of the sound is easily traceable, here sound seems to radiate from the unit itself. Gateway hopes this adds to the elegance and intrigue of the One's design.
Coincidentally, the chassis is designed to be opened without tools to allow easy modification and expansion. The back panel can be removed by simply sliding two latches. Gateway says the One runs almost completely silently thanks to its "smart" power module, but it looks like the vibrating front panel speaker and loosely attached back panel could add up to considerable rattling.
There will be more than one Gateway One, including two retail versions available exclusively through Best Buy, and a third through Gateway Direct. The base model, priced at $1,299.99 USD includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 dual-core processor; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100; 320 GB SATA II hard drive, and a 1.3 Mp webcam. The $1,799.99 configuration includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 dual-core processor; ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics; 500 GB SATA II hard drive and a 1.3 Mp webcam. That unit will also include an analog/digital TV tuner supporting almost any source of TV signals: antenna, direct cable, and set top boxes.
Meanwhile, the Gateway One model available direct from Gateway includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 dual-core processor; ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics; 400 GB Serial ATA II hard drive, and the 1.3 Mp webcam for $1,499.99.
As Gateway prepares to enter the Acer fold, we could be seeing the first signs of brand differentiation, where Acer targets the more traditional commodity customer and Gateway the upscale customer. For the troubled brand once known as Gateway 2000, its future on the US desktop may now come down to just "One."
Dunno if I'd spend money on a dying brand... But for the record; I'm 99% sure they had an all in one before (maybe it was in the CRT days).
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|I have a sleek all in one computer ... it's called a laptop :D
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|"begs to be knocked over" - agreed!
It looks alot like the new iMacs...
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|Not a bad idea.... unless/until you/we jump to 64bit-- then it's woefully inadequate:
as opposed to stated specs, it does have 4 ram slots, but they only provide 3 sticks(Vista on this system supposedly will only recognize up to 3.2gb, this with only a 256mb vidcard.. on my HP it's more than 3½gb)-- but won't take newest-type ram or 2gb modules... only two hard disk bays.... cannot take the newest video cards with their larger ram capacities, never mind SLI.
And at 19"(wide format though), why not put out 22/24/higher " sizes, which would've allowed more/better innards?
As well the keyboard is too small-- what is the point in that, for a non-portable?
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|doesnt tilt, doesnt run os x, doesnt look cool, begs to be knocked over.
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|Does every company have to clone Apple's innovations? It really is pathetic that no company can innovate like Apple.
Too bad it runs crappy M$ Vista. No thanks. This is no competition for the iMac.
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|Actually Sony did the all in one computer a long time ago .. its not a new concept.
and I believe that the latest Apple OS will copy features found in Windows XP like system recovery ... which apple is giving some hip and stupid name to appease to the cool look it gives it's little brain dead puppets.
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|Nice design, could give iMac a run for its money.
But what's the point of a good processor when there's a mediocre graphics card. That said, I like the fact that the chassis can be easily opened. Unlike Apple that likes to superglue all their products so their user can't open them on there own. Must let uncle Steve open it because you just to little. LOL
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|the new imac uses magnets. all you need is a screwdriver and some suction cups
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|"Gateway announced at DigitalLife today its FIRST all-in-one desktop computer..."
Um...Gateway has had all-in-one computers for the better part of a decade now.
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|Tim, what happened to your piece on Dell's XPS laptop??
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|It'll be back up in a couple of minutes
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|You got a call from Dell? Hopefully with some *real* info?
Or was something said at Digital Life?
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|Dell is not loving me right now!
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|Yeah, well...
The truth hurts. Perhaps if they weren't trying to make dumb (and obviously false) excuses such as "there was never a date", the community wouldn't be flaming them.
Their problem, not yours. :)
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|This has worked for the iMac - maybe it will breathe new life into Gateway. I like the look of it. I would get something like this for my wife.
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|It does look interesting, and it beats the iMac in one key area that has always kept me from it, easy upgrades/swapping of parts.
the chassis is designed to be opened without tools to allow easy modification and expansion.
That's a major selling point for me, but probably not most folks who would buy a device like this. Definitely will be interested in how well these units sell.
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|I have to agree on the iMac thing...it is a pain in the a** to swap parts. Most people buying this will just want something to impress their lame a** friends with when they come over to watch Oscar winning movies together about heroic people doing heroic deeds in a blatantly homo-erotic fashion. Well and it does save space so college students have more room to bang drunk chicks on the computer desk.
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|Hey. Don't dis LOTR. :p
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