Gateway One gets official

With yesterday's leak, Gateway's press conference was a bit short on surprise this morning, but the Gateway One is indeed official, and it really doesn't look half bad. The one mystery left was the screen, which turns out to be a 1400 x 900 19-incher, which feels a bit small in this day and age, but leaves the One's footprint at an acceptable size. Other niceties include dual easy-swap hard drive slots accessed by lifting off the back cover of the computer, and adjustable tilt through a stand in the back. The included mouse, keyboard and remote are all wireless and pre-synced with the computer, while the web-cam is a USB add-on accessory which comes in the box and can be perched up top, and the top-end One comes with a USB TV tuner as well. Otherwise the specs are as expected, with prices ranging from $1,300 to $1,800 and late October availability. Check out our gallery for some in the wild pictures.

Gallery: Gateway One gets official

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[Kurt @ Sep 27th 2007 10:45AM]

I guess Apple doesn't overprice their computers. This is definitely (specs wise) inferior to the iMac at a higher price.

[trumpton @ Sep 27th 2007 10:53AM]

What's this got to do with Apple?

Or can't you help yourself mentioning Their Hallowed Name even on topics that have nothing to do with them (like most of Engadget's stories these days, apparently?

Anyway, back on topic: the Gateway looks pretty good to my eyes. The easy-to-remove hard drives are a nice touch and 1400 x 900 should be fine for most uses. and the remote should make it nice'n'cuddly for bedroom/teenager use.

[Kurt @ Sep 27th 2007 10:57AM]

How could you not compare it to Apple. It is Gateway's attempt to create an all in one computer and if you are going to compare it to something your only option is the iMac. What other decent all in ones are out there?

[krypto @ Sep 27th 2007 11:35AM]

Gateway made in all in one PC YEARS AGO!!!! what are you talking about!?!

[Andir3.0 @ Sep 27th 2007 11:46AM]

Not only Gateway, but there were a few I remember back in the late 90s. Not to mention the old Heath/Zenith all in one PCs (what was it... late 70s?)

[Kurt @ Sep 27th 2007 11:50AM]

I suppose you guys think comparing this device to an old all in one gateway is a better comparison then comparing it to the current generations best selling all in one machine. I don't think this http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/03/gateway_profile_6.jpg computer would be as good a comparison as the iMac.

I simply stated that it appears pricing for these devices appears to be similar to Apple if not a little bit more expensive.

[jg @ Sep 27th 2007 11:55AM]

It's obviously meant to compete with the Imac. Don't make lame hater comments just because you like to feel important.

Back on topic...Aesthetically this definitely leaves Sony's recent attempt in the dust. I don't think it will revolutionize gateway and get them back on track, but it will go a long way to helping their image if they can follow it up with a few more offerings held to this standard.

Upgradeability is a plus too. Drop the price a bit more and this will easily beat out mac's.

[OSisthePC @ Sep 27th 2007 12:37PM]

"Drop the price a bit more and this will easily beat out mac's."

not with the people who actually care about the OS. It could look EXACTLY like an iMac, but if the only option is booting up into Windows, me & millions of others wont even think twice about passing on it. Just the way it is. A Hyndai could look just like BMW, but it doesn't mean BMW owners will drop their current ride for it.

[Reid Sorenson @ Sep 27th 2007 12:41PM]

Ditto. This is clearly, 100% aimed at competing with the iMac, right down to the choice of colors/materials. And the only thing it's really got over the iMac is the dual, easily-swappable hard drive bays. That is a nice feature that Apple could really stand to implement.

But still, this totally shoots the "Apple is more expensive" arguments right it the foot.

[T-Macy @ Sep 27th 2007 1:29PM]

what does it not have to do with apple? this thing is a COMPLETE iMac rip. put the pictures of this thing next to the imac, they were just plain ignorant with copying apple.

[Z @ Sep 27th 2007 1:43PM]

Its just an iMac knockoff (a rather pricey one).

[Killian @ Sep 27th 2007 10:46AM]

not by the hair on my chinny chin chin

[Dax @ Sep 27th 2007 10:50AM]

Its like the luxury edition of a Hyundai!!

[joe23521 @ Sep 27th 2007 11:00AM]

I realize this ain't Auto Blog, but before you badmouth Hyundai, check this out:

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/suvs/112_0707_hyundai_veracruz_lexus_rx350

[Andir3.0 @ Sep 27th 2007 11:54AM]

I love that article. Paraphrasing: The Lexus accelerates faster and stops in less distance from 60-0, but we are going to call it a draw. Because 5 feet of stopping distance is minor. They also shrugged off the HID headlights (which are God-like if you own them) and real wood trim and other amenities but not that the Hyundai has better cup holders?

So much bias!

[joe23521 @ Sep 27th 2007 12:15PM]

We all know that a Hyundai is not a Lexus, but what that article is bringing up is the fact that Hyundai is no longer the cheap econobox it used it be, and what a lot of uninformed people still perceive it to be. Some of us do need to keep an open mind.

[Joe @ Sep 27th 2007 10:48AM]

Agreed, the iMac seems a better value for processor, screen size, etc., though it would be nice if Apple offered a TV tuner option that integrated nicely with Front Row.

Any word how you can tilt the screen?

[darkstar @ Sep 27th 2007 10:51AM]

i think its weird anyone would get this, or any all-in-one. a laptop makes a whole lot more sense and portable!

[joe23521 @ Sep 27th 2007 11:03AM]

A laptop makes a lot less sense when you want a big screen or need to upgrade hard drive or ram.

[blueeyesm @ Sep 27th 2007 12:22PM]

Hard drives and RAM can be upgraded in laptops just as easily as that style of desktop.

[JSolo @ Sep 27th 2007 10:52AM]

I thought this was supposed to be a work of art? Instead, it looks like a small tv with a keyboard.

[rus @ Sep 27th 2007 10:55AM]

is the keyboard and mouse bluetooth?

[Colin B @ Sep 27th 2007 10:55AM]

How come no one mentions its most obvious and incredible feature, wireless power?! Apparently, according to the pictures, you can just plunk this sucker on the counter and magically, it fires right up!

[Herman Manfred @ Sep 27th 2007 11:01AM]

Lol! I was about to post the same thing!

Clean! Really clean!

[btw - has anyone ever commented that the password generator used by Engadget apparently is the same one used by Joystiq (that uses the same message board software)?]

[TurtleHeadPeekinOut @ Sep 27th 2007 12:37PM]

For a second, I thought you were serious becuase I only read half of your post & immeadiately went back & re-read the write up.

it is early, I am tired & i have a cold. That is is my excuse...

[Walt_Mink @ Sep 27th 2007 11:05AM]

There is only one cable going to the actual unit. The rest of the connections (ethernet, coaxial, etc) are made on a large brick that sits where ever you hide it. USB connections are on the machine as well. You can see it in the gallery.

[Colin B @ Sep 27th 2007 11:15AM]

That's nice...but not my point. In all of the "in the wild" shots of the computer, they conveniently forget said cable in favor of making it look even more austerely artistic. In reality, the cabling/power strip to the wall required would make such an installation much less eloquent. I am always a tad irked by unrealistic portrayals, I guess.

[Dan @ Sep 27th 2007 11:15AM]

@Walt-Mink true, only one cable. But in their product shots (not the press event shots) they don't show any cables: http://www.engadget.com/photos/gateway-one-gets-official/415736/

[Diku @ Sep 27th 2007 11:58AM]

yeah, it's actually yet another technology copied from apple! /sarcasm

http://www.apple.com/imac/design.html

[tony @ Sep 27th 2007 10:56AM]

Granted, for Gateway anyway, it doesn't look exactly bad.
Now can anyone answer this: WTF is up with glossy black everything?
Is dusty, smeary, oily, annoyingly reflective the in thing? Apart from touch screens I just don't get it.

[Homeboy @ Sep 27th 2007 12:03PM]

Gateway's solution to reflections: Live in a solitary confinement cell with no windows.

[TurtleHeadPeekinOut @ Sep 27th 2007 10:56AM]

Nice looking computer, nice design -

...as long as it is off, or at least not running Windows!

[Kron @ Sep 27th 2007 10:56AM]

It looks nice, especially for a Gateway.

-Kron
http://www.weblixr.com

[joe23521 @ Sep 27th 2007 10:57AM]

It's easily the best looking PC I've seen. And I don't think it looks any worse than the new iMac, although the screen is a bit undersized. They'll probably put out 23 or 24 inchers in the future, I'm guessing. Another thing this has going and the Macs don't is the upgradability. Kudos to Gateway.

[ryantrevisol @ Sep 27th 2007 10:58AM]

Let's see it against a similarly priced iMac:

CPU: 900mhz slower than iMac +1 Apple
RAM: 1GB more than iMac +1 Gateway
HDD: 80GB more than iMac +1 Gateway
Video: Inferior (non HD) +1 Apple
Bluetooth: No +1 Apple
Optical: equivalent
Screen: 1" less than iMac, low resolution for size (iMac 1680x1050, Gw1 1440x900)

So guts-wise, apple has them. Then you add to that the fact that Gateway's put an inferior computer in a bigger box . . . and you lost me.

But it'll sell, and I'll tell you why. The average consumer will go into CompUSA and the salesman will show them both, but because of the long-standing "will-it-run-my-apps" stigma surrounding Apple (and people's general discomfort with switching operating systems), they'll pick the Gateway.

[Steph @ Sep 27th 2007 11:17AM]

Base iMac comes with 250 GB HD...

[ryantrevisol @ Sep 27th 2007 1:11PM]

Yes but the base iMac costs 1199. The 1499 iMac comes with a 320. I said "similarly priced iMac.

[Steph @ Sep 27th 2007 1:52PM]

totally missed the "more" in there ha I thought you were just saying 80 gigs... my mistake.

[anderesp @ Sep 27th 2007 11:00AM]

to me, it looks more like a Bang & Olufsen product.



ooooooor a really really big 5th gen iPod Video.

[c.g. @ Sep 27th 2007 11:03AM]

how aesthetic can it be with a webcam clamped on top... why didn't they take the whole copying thing to the fullest and embed the camera on top of the screen ?? it seems so easy, especially with the size of the computer.. to me it screams uglyness. it's like me painting a Van Gogh, it just won't look good.

[Zandriff @ Sep 27th 2007 11:04AM]

It took four years, but somebody has almost sorta caught up to the Imacs AIO design. Kind of looks like an overgrown 5g ipod without a clickwheel.

[deniz @ Sep 27th 2007 11:55AM]

yes it does look like an ipod.
a mac ripoff that looks like an ipod. who would have guessed.

well maybe calling it a ripoff is not very fair. lets say "inspired from mac"

[Marduk @ Sep 27th 2007 11:10AM]

Good for Gateway. I'm glad they are trying something different like this. I hope it helps revitalize them. More competition is good, and I would hate to see Gateway fold.

[Trent @ Sep 27th 2007 11:13AM]

OMG this PC hands down one ups the iMac in almost every category. Some of you nit picking because the screen is 1 inch less is totally pathetic. Gatway.com has the specifics up at their site.

[CHOICE @ Sep 27th 2007 2:02PM]

How about comparing it to the iMac on how many different OSes it can run?

Still wins hands down?

fail, fool.

[dlewis23 @ Sep 27th 2007 2:02PM]

are you on crack?


The specs arent even close to the iMac. And you pay more for the gateway.

[michael @ Sep 27th 2007 5:29PM]

@CHOICE:

Um, hardware manufacturers can't even compete with that, because Apple chose it to run only on Macs.

Seems a bit of an unfair comparison/advantage to me. I always hate it when people tout that feature.

[Joe Osowski @ Sep 27th 2007 11:17AM]

Moooooo

[ron @ Sep 27th 2007 11:21AM]

This is a sharp looking computer and leaps and bounds ahead of anything else in the US computer market.

As for this being a rip off of an iMac, well, all-in-one computers have been around well before the iMac ever even showed up. This is simply an evolutionary step showing that it's more than just the mac faithful who appreciate the simplicity and utilitarian nature of the all-in-one computer. If this thing sells even half way decently, expect more of this form factor from a variety of vendors.

"Bad artists copy. Great artists steal."
-- Pablo Picasso

[minimalist @ Sep 27th 2007 11:30AM]

I will hand it to them. Gateway finally got the importance of hiring GOOD industrial designers to work with them (whoever designed that other Gateway all -in-one iMac wannabe about 4 or 5 years ago should be taken out back and beaten with stick). So many other failed attempts at iMac-like machines fail because the companies aren;t willing to devote the resources necessary to design development. They slap some sliver plastic swooshy pieces on the same old clunky box and think that's "design." Lets hope the Gateway's beauty is more than skin deep too because good design doesn't end at the case.

The iMac still seems a better deal but it is nice that companies are starting to see that you can;t just throw generic beige or black boxes with a rats next of cables at the home market and have it stick.

The screen is too small (especially on the 1800 dollar model), and I'm not going near Vista but I am glad somebody is trying to up the ante on computer design other than Apple and Sony.