Yo Yo Yo Frank.. Longterm thoughts on Gateway?
I heard on ROBTV (the bald guy talking with the good looking female host) - how Gateway seems to be the largest seller of Plasma screens? True? False? He had some good words on them (and bad words on Nortel - which piqued my interest in the fact that he might have something good to say for the long haul read: a good source?)
As I was saying during the holidays about Gateway is the Apple of the PC world (watch for flying Roni's). I am seeing them providing complete home entertainment centers. I purchased an ATI AIW 9600 w/TV and FM tuner - (my second; first was a 2nd generation back in 97). Anyways the point here is - it works quite well. I can have a TV as a second display - watch "VIDEO ON DEMAND" - I can play/pause/reverse - while it still records on the computer. Instead of having TIVO and REPLAY - you can do that with a computer.
So I am thinking if Gateway continues to get their act together and continue to pull together all the technologies they will have a winner. I am the guy wanting to rip video via Firewire from his Sony Camcorder - burn DVD movies to play on my big screen TV. Ok, so all I have is the Camcorder and Firewire and VCD's - but I am no different than anyone out there.
Up to now - Apple - no brainer. But the cost is prohibitive to most. Gateway is going in the right direction I believe.
(Oh yeah, tech spech - this is a long term play - starting now to what? $10? $20? MOON? -- Bush said MARS...)
Gateway took out emachines last week..
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