[Abathar]

Since so many people are probably posting on a Gateway right now, the tech line accent will probably change...

[Secret Agent Man]

First radios, then televisions, vcrs, stereos, finall computers.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/stockpickr/10376536.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

[ShadowAce]

[SergeiRachmaninov]

For the last several weeks, Circuit City has been trying to unload a group of respectable, but low-end, Acer consumer laptops at <$400. I have been kind of tempted.

(I am hard on my laptops as I drag them around everywhere. No use spending a bundle on something that will not last more than a couple of years of my banging around.)

[TChris]

I have an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. Apart from the completely screwed up software configuration (Two FAT32 partitions, equal size, one is for system backup only, you get access to half of your hard disk, no Windows installation CD, loads of Acer crapware preinstalled, etc..) it seems to be a pretty decent machine.

I spent two days fixing up the hard drive; it has been pretty good ever since. Not bad for the ~$700 price tag.

[tubebender]

I think Gateway was selling last week for $2 bucks a share. At the height of the Dot/Com bubble it was around $170 a share...

[dennisw]

WOW! Acer is really coming up in the world. Gateway owns E-Machine. So now Acer will own three PC brands. Acer is Taiwanese company

[KevinDavis]

So????