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Gateway Completes eMachines Acquisition

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bovine-inspired-machines dept.

ryanjensen writes "Gateway just completed its $289.5 million deal to acquire Irvine, CA-based eMachines Thursday according to News.com. From the article: 'Many analysts believe that Gateway ultimately will abandon some or all of its namesake stores in favor of selling products at third-party retailers. However, they expect the company to continue selling Gateway-brand products, including PCs and consumer electronics, directly to its customers.'"

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  1. Re:Irvine, CA? by mcocke · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Ruin eMachines ?????

    How do you ruin complete utter crap? I've been stuck with trying to use / repair a few eMachines in my career... I honestly cannot think of a worse piece of junk. Every single design decision between cheap and useable went to cheap.
    They aren't the right shape for wheel chocks, nor heavy enough for boat anchors, and they certainly aren't anything like computers!

    I never had a very high opinion of Gateway (too much "we'll sell you anything, but use whatever componants we can get cheap this week to build it."), but this really sinks them.