Gateway brings back business division with DT, DS-series desktops (update: Europe only)
By Sean Hollister 
posted April 20th 2010 3:29AM
posted April 20th 2010 3:29AM
In 2007 -- right before Acer swallowed the firm whole -- computer manufacturer Gateway sold their entire business lineup to MPC. Three years and one bankrupt MPC later, Gateway's ready to give it another go with brand new business desktops, and some decently specced ones at that. The new Gateway DT-series mid-towers support up to Core i7 CPUs and 16GB of DDR3 memory alongside a 1TB hard drive, and wonder of wonders, the small form factor Gateway DS-series can hold just the same. Both run on Intel's Q57 and H57 Express chipsets, both have slots for optional PCI Express x16 graphics cards, and both have chassis stolen directly from their parent company -- Google "X480G" and "M480G" if you don't believe us. Compared to your shiny new gaming rig, the specs may seem ho-hum, but a Core i7 rig that fits underneath an LCD monitor is still a fairly big deal inside that cube of yours.Update: Looking to bolster your business with a few of these machines? You'll have to get in touch with your international associates; Acer tells us the DT and DS desktops are only headed to Europe.
Gateway DT series desktop PCs
Easy productivity
Manno, April 2010 – Service ability, manageability, security and productivity are the key words that helped Gateway developing its new Desktop PC series designed for medium-sized business and large corporations branch offices needs.
Developed with performance and multitasking in mind, the new Gateway DT series desktop PCs permit businesses to run effortlessly even the most resource-hungry applications, while getting business activities done faster.
With its solid performance, the Gateway DT series incorporates some of the most recent innovations in technology and design.
To improve configuration flexibility and empower the customer's choice, Gateway offers a selection of Intel processors – either the new Intel® Core™ i7, i5 and i3 for DT50 and DT70 models or Intel® Core™2 Quad for DT30 series – all allowing enhanced business productivity by speeding through multiple operations and processor-demanding tasks in challenging multitasking environments. The DT series can also handle all kinds of productivity and media-heavy applications thanks to up to 16GB of ultra-fast DDR3 system memory.
Plus, the new Intel® Core™ i7, i5 and i3 processors can boost PC power while you are working, matching your speed requirements accordingly to your needs.
On all Gateway DT series, ample storage space is ensured by up to a 4x2 TB serial ATA II hard disks.
The new Gateway DT series is also highly energy efficient and packed with power-saving functions: it meets ENERGY STAR® 5.0 requirements and is certified as "green product" by a variety of international standards that endorse its low energy consumption, helping to reduce both environmental impact and overhead costs.
The Gateway DS series received also the TCO'05 certification, the latest standard for desktop computers that marks environmental and ergonomic excellence guaranteeing extremely low energy consumption, low noise levels, low electric and magnetic fields and minimal usage of substances that are harmful to the environment.
All Gateway Desktop PCs come with 1-year on-site and 2-year spare parts warranties. Customers have the right to replace defective or malfunctioning products with an equivalent product for the entire period of the warranty.
Plus, thanks to the Gateway Plus warranty program, customers can increase equipment reliability and productivity with high-quality onsite and remote support by extending the limited warranties on Gateway desktops or desktops + LCD displays (when purchased together) for up to 3, 4, or 5 years.
Gateway unveils the new DS series desktop PCs
Small Form Factor PCs for business environments
Manno, April 2010 – The new Gateway DS series represents the compact office companion for today's business needs bringing superior efficiency and enhanced manageability to the modern business environment.
Available in two models with different configurations, the new DS50 and DS70 Gateway desktop PCs, are perfect for tight spaces.
The casing design conveys a simple, efficient and highly professional feel. Rebuilt from the ground up, the internal mechanics are designed to improve maintenance and upgrades while the tool-less design of the case simplifies access to hardware and internal components and eases any maintenance operation.
Despite small form factor design, just one-third the size of a traditional desktop computer, the new Gateway DS series packs powerful features for an extraordinary computing performance, manageability and functionality.
Top-notch performance is ensured by the new Intel® Core™ i7, i5 and i3 processors boosting PC power when needed. With an intelligent operation that accelerates in response to demanding tasks such as editing multimedia files, these processors match performance requirements accordingly. Allowing much faster multitasking the DS50 and DS70 Gateway PCs help you be more productive and get more tasks accomplished in less time. On top of it, up to 16 GB of DDR3 memory reduce power consumption while still ensuring peak performance.
Ample storage space is ensured by up to a 2TB serial ATA II hard disk.
The new Gateway DS series is also highly energy efficient and packed with power-saving functions: it meets ENERGY STAR® 5.0 requirements and is certified as "green product" by a variety of international standards that endorse its low energy consumption, helping to reduce both environmental impact and overhead costs.
The Gateway DS series is among the few computers that received the TCO'05 certification, the latest standard for desktop computers that marks environmental and ergonomic excellence guaranteeing extremely low energy consumption, low noise levels, low electric and magnetic fields and minimal usage of substances that are harmful to the environment.
All Gateway Desktop PCs come with 1-year on-site and 2-year spare parts warranties. Customers have the right to replace defective or malfunctioning products with an equivalent product for the entire period of the warranty.
Plus, thanks to the Gateway Plus warranty program, customers can increase equipment reliability and productivity with high-quality onsite and remote support by extending the limited warranties on Gateway desktops or desktops + LCD displays (when purchased together) for up to 3, 4, or 5 years.
I don't know why they're even trying.
We bought a number of machines from Gateway a few years ago, with 3 year warranties, only to have Gateway sell off the warranty service to MPC who then went bankrupt and refused to service our machines.
Calling Gateway, who we originally purchased the machines and warranty from, told us to eff off and contact MPC for warranty service.
So, basically, our company was SOL.
Even if Gateway resurrects their business line, why would anyone want to buy a machine from them? Who's to say they won't just sell off your warranties to another company in the future and have repeat the same catastrophe?
I'd just avoid Gateway for any sort of business machine. Perhaps a cheap home gaming machine or something you could use them for, but forget them for anything else.
@sodaboy581 We're the opposite side of the coin. We used to purchase computers from a company called OmniTech Computers out of Pewaukee, WI. They got swallowed up by MPC, and we continued buying from them, and had relatively few issues. Then, the Gateway buyout happened. Suddenly, we were dealing with Gateway technicians who were unfamiliar with the MPC systems, and RMA processing slowed to a crawl. And when we wanted to buy more machines, we started getting Gateway machines, with a token MPC logo stenciled onto them to remind us of what used to be.
Thankfully, we switched away from MPC's desktops long enough before the bankruptcy for it to bite us big time, but we still have well over a hundred MPC TransPort laptops that are now warranty-less, some bought less than 3 months before MPC went bankrupt.
None of this, of course, has any connection to THIS Gateway, which is basically just Acer, but it still leaves a very sour taste in my mouth.
I wonder why they dont get credits for their hard-work, the FX gaming laptop series was a success in my eyes.
actually does anybody knows where the gateway computers are manufactured or built?
Better go back to the drawing board with that case design. I've a decade old Compaq case that looks better.
@KupoCheer
Indeed, "and, it comes with a red racing stripe!" It evokes 1978 to me.
Personally, I am not a fan of Gateway computers. They just don't seem right. Why is this?
My problem with Gateway is that they no longer provide full customizations on most of their models, defeating their selling point of the past, especially when there's Dell.
@pika2000 I fully agree with you there. They also used to have the best support of any of the big manufacturers (not sure if this is still true for their home line-up since I haven't purchased a Gateway for several years). I miss the uber-customization of yore.
I've got a gw laptop I bought in the summer of 08. Only reason I bought was because it was the cheapest C2D with 4GB of ram and decent battery life I could find for around 600 bucks. It's still going strong and have had zero problems with it, and I haven't even noticed its performance beginning to slack with multi-tasking, music prod, and running multiple IDEs. I'll always have a soft spot for the old cow-spots from this buy.
Not a fan of Gateways, and I'll let others be the guinea-pigs. That is impressive hardware for the form factor though, and Gateway did at one point of the best bang/buck gaming laptops on the market.
have a gw desktop running great still from 1998. Long since upgraded the OS but still is a everyday 815e chipset that gets my family by.
I'm seriously considering a Gateway desktop right now. The feature set for price on some of their systems is really great and they have gotten good reviews as well.
What's with the A-Team van paint job?
I remember working with gateway computers back in the 1990s...they were a nightmare. Just getting around the computer probably cut up your fingers everywhere. The whole internal was badly design and not friendly at all. And to download drivers from gateway you had to fill out a whole bunch of information, look for serial codes, talk to some Indian dude who don't speak English, and then get refused for help. I was just trying to get a driver for god sakes. That's why they went out of business. I'm glad they're back and all, but I hope they make drastic changes because they sure haven't gotten my trust back and I don't think I would ever buy one for the work environment.