A whole slew of sites this morning spilled out info on Gateway's new "One" PC, which Gateway was
teasing us about the other day. Due to be announced tomorrow at Digital Life, the Gateway One is a sleek little all-in-one number, rocking a slot-loading DVD burner, a bunch of inputs and even wall-mounting capabilities. No word on screen size, but it looks spacious enough. The One hosts an easily-replaced hard drive and memory, along with a 5-in-1 card reader. You can score the One in one of three configurations, starting at $1,300 for a 1.5GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB HDD and Intel X3100 integrated graphics, and ramping on up to the $1,800 unit with a 2GHz processor, 3GB of RAM, 500GB HDD and Mobility Radeon HD 2600 dedicated graphics. The third version splits the difference on specs for $1,500. Apparently there's even a webcam hidden somewhere in the unit, though you couldn't tell it from the pics. There's another shot after the break.
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posted September 26th 2007 3:05PM
How is this NOT an iMac ripoff?
I got a chance to play with it… and it rocks! Here are a few responses to some of your questions and comments...
The angle of the system is adjustable. The rear foot rolls as you tilt the system from straight up and down to an angled back position. It might not look like it but it is very stable.
The lower chin area is actually an integrated speaker. The front glass has speaker actuators attached and you get really good sound seemingly out of no where. Really cool. The area itself is okay because it puts the monitor at a good viewing height without having to put it on a separate stand.
The wireless keyboard and mouse look great. The mouse has left and right click with a touch sense scroller in the middle. The keyboard includes a power button for the unit, eject for the DVD, and up down volume controls. The back of the unit lifts up making it easy to upgrade components. It has an open second hard drive bay that takes standard desktop hard drives.
There is only one cable that goes into the back of the system. The power supply unit includes USB ports so you can connect to printers and such without having to run wires on your desk. There is even an audio connector that can be used for a sub woofer.
It also includes a SD-HDTV tuner so you can record TV (free HD from all of the networks if you get reception at your house). I like free HD recording of current TV shows instead of paying $1.99 for TV show reruns.
The system looks amazing in person. I recommend you see it before you knock it.
Feature for feature, the current iMac configs blow this P.O.S. out of the fsckin' water in terms of price, performance, and aesthetics.