I've had a love / hate relationship with Gateway since they first became a company - I was one of the first buyers from them and over the years have purchased for myself of family at least 4 machines.... but they started to go down hill when Dell took off and Gateway just couldn't catch-em.. then they started opening their own ill-fated stores all over the country instead of working with a place like Best Buy... another mistake.

It was around this time that I started to build my own machines and haven't looked back since. Hopefully, they've turned themselves around a lot but I encourage anyone with the interest to look into building their own - it allows you to gather the best parts for each component rather than relying on whatever stuff the large companies buy in bulk.