Building upon five generations of design enhancements, Gateway, Inc. today launched the Gateway Profile 5.5, the newest version of the company’s all-in-one desktop line.
With this newest upgrade to the space-saving series, the Gateway Profile 5.5 packs more processing punch per square inch, featuring Intel’s next-generation 915G chipset, integrated Intel graphics with up to 128MB shared memory and higher-bandwidth serial ATA (SATA) hard drives. The fully field-serviceable desktop also continues to offer 15-inch, 17-inch or 19-inch screen sizes.
Targeted at businesses, government agencies and educational institutions, the Gateway Profile 5.5 has a starting price point of under $1,400. Standard configurations include a 17-inch screen and Pentium 4 processor, but multiple options are available.
“Customers now have the best of both worlds with the new Gateway Profile 5.5,” said Marc Demars, Gateway’s director of business desktops in the press release. “Not only does the new PC maintain its space-saving form-factor, but it now also offers Intel’s newest 915G chipset, higher-capacity SATA hard drives and greatly enhanced graphics capabilities.”
As with the Profile 5, the 5.5 version offers easy-to-use floppy and optical drives accessible from the front of the computer, as well as two IEEE 1394 and six USB 2.0 ports on the side and back. While the Intel 915G chipset (featuring an Intel Pentium 4 520 processor with HT technology (2.8GHz, 800 MHz front-side bus, 1 MB cache) is standard, the PC is also available with Intel Celeron D processor options.
The Profile 5.5 also supports up to 2GB of DDR RAM and hard drives ranging in capacity from 40GB to 250GB. The PC features built-in gigabit Ethernet, optional 802.11g wireless and Gateway Client Manager software based on LANDesk technology, which allows IT managers to easily monitor and manage PCs across their network. The Profile 5.5 is available with either Microsoft Windows XP Pro or Microsoft Windows XP Home and comes standard with a standard, three-year limited warranty.
PC Magazine has a slideshow of photos taken from various angles here (make sure you haven’t eaten recently).
MacDailyNews Take: Yuck. If this doesn’t highlight the vast gulf between Apple’s and the Wintel box assemblers’ design abilities, nothing ever will.
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Beleaguered Gateway to ditch consumer electronics to focus on PC box assembly – September 13, 2004
Beleaguered Gateway cuts another 1,500 jobs; has cut 22,600 jobs in last four years – April 30, 2004
Beleaguered Gateway grinds up customer and spits him out unsatisfied – April 02, 2004
Beleaguered Gateway closes all retail stores; Apple poised to open 77th outlet – April 01, 2004
Beleaguered Gateway to axe over 2,000 jobs in next few months – March 03, 2004
Beleaguered Gateway to buy eMachines; combo could be 3rd largest Wintel box assembler – January 31, 2004
Beleaguered Gateway cuts more jobs; closes Virginia manufacturing plant – September 03, 2003
Beleaguered Gateway puts on a happy face – December 16, 2002
Beleaguered Gateway ditches cow on its way to slaughterhouse – October 31, 2002
Beleaguered Gateway desperately circling the drain – September 25, 2002
woooooof! what a nasty POS…
see ya gateway.. don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out…
say hi to the cows for me..
There is a power brick which is not shown in the picture.
We got these in my college over the summer. While they’re nicer then the older boxes they had before, when i first saw them, I laughed and thought how much the school had been screwed. Then, I realized that some of my money went into those computers.
Then, I told myself that my money goes into the Graphics (Mac) Lab.
IT HAS A FLOPPY DRIVE??!!!????
Jack A – yes, a floppy, but no DVD drive. Or CD writer. Or sense of style.
Good god thats ugly..
That isn’t a iMac-killer, that’s a beleaguered-Gateway-killer!!
Once upon a time there was a litlle Profile 5.5 computer. All the other computers laughed at it and called it ugly and hidious. Then one day it looked at its reflection in the pond and realised it wasn’t a computer at all!! It was a piece of air ducting glued onto an old eight-track player!! And it was the most beautiful piece of air ducting glued onto an old eight-track player in the whole world. And everyone lived happily ever after.
The End
I have to be honest with you here; this is the ugliest PC I have ever seen. I wouldn’t even trade my 1.2 AMD for that crap. Whoever designed it should commit suicide. More power to anyone who buys that. No very impressive at all.
Try to mount that thing on a wall….no way.
Oh dear. Oh deary deary me. What can one say ?
Schadenfreude just about sums it up I suppose.
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This looks like a design which surfaced the week after the iMac debut. It was said that it was going to only be sold in Korea.
Looks like the black version is going to be sold by Beleaguered Gateway.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Please. Everyone. Write a note to Rob and Mary Enderle to get their opinion of this, uh, um, er, “computer” from Gateway before we trash… uh, provide comments on our own.
What does the Enderle family have to say about this latest offering from Gateway?
Is the microfilm reader ugradeable to microfiche?
I am utterly dismayed that this monstrosity of invention is being marketed as the epitome of Gateway’s research and design. My advice to Gateway employees, look for a new job ASAP.
I thought that nothing could eclipse the Sony V-series computer as a meager example of an all-in-one design. I was wrong.
if you haven’t already, goto the slide show with the link posted by MDNs, and slick on the SIDE PROFILE shot.
OMG – That is the ugliest 70’s looking thing I have ever seen!
Sounds like the starting point is a 15″ display and shared memory graphics for $1399. Tell me again how the iMac G5 is overpriced relative to Windows PC’s?
Enderle? Thurott? This looks like a job for you. Because when reality conflicts with your preconceptions, the best approach is to deny reality…
Looks like an Atari game machine circa 1979 (only with a flat panel) or a TRS-80.
I rubbed my eyes in disbelief! This ugly dung pile is going to transform beleaguered Gateway into dead as a doornail Gateway.
iMac G5 killer? Oh, stop, please stop!!! The laughter is making my stomach hurt!!!
NOW, this is a computer. I hope you all understand now why PC is much better. This thing will shut the iMac sales in a blink.
Notice how sturdy it looks and how stable the all form factor is. You compared with a library microfilm reader. Right: that is a design that stood up to the test of time. This Gateway is a classic already!
(just shakes his head)
Sure, it’s an eyesore. That much is obvious. But who exactly called it an “iMac G5 Killer”? I can’t believe Gateway could say that with a straight face.
hehehe
OMG – That is the ugliest! Does Gateway have a bunch of crack-smoking monkeys working as engineers?
Sometimes you just gotta say…WTF?