Gateway Solo 9100 Multimedia Notebook Wins "Notebook of the Year" Award at COMDEX.NORTH SIOUX CITY Sioux City, city (1990 pop. 80,505), seat of Woodbury co., NW Iowa, at the junction of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers with the Missouri; inc. 1857. It is a shipping, wholesale trade, and industrial center for an extensive agricultural and livestock area (including , S.D.--COMDEX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 1997-- Breakthrough technology, features, and performance win awards for Gateway Gateway 2000, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : GTW GTW Gateway, Inc. (stock symbol) GTW Global Trade Watch GTW Grand Trunk Western (railroad) GTW Gatwick Airport GTW Global Trading Web (Commerce One B2B-platform) ), a global leader in the direct marketing of PCs, today won "Notebook of the Year" award from PC Portables Magazine for its flagship mobile product, the Gateway Solo 9100 Multimedia Notebook. The Gateway Solo 9100 Multimedia Notebook was introduced on May 12, 1997 and is the company's flagship notebook. It was the first notebook on the market to come standard with USB ports, MIDI/Game port, NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. input and output and 4MB video memory. The Gateway Solo 9100 system was one of the first on the market with a 12-cell Lithium-Ion Battery Lithium-ion batteries (sometimes abbreviated Li-ion batteries) are a type of rechargeable battery commonly used in consumer electronics. They are currently one of the most popular types of battery for portable electronics, with one of the best energy-to-weight ratios, no , Modular Combination CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and Floppy Drive See floppy disk. floppy drive - disk drive , and 13.1-inch screen. "The Gateway Solo portable line is on the cutting edge when it comes to features," said Mark A. Kellner, Editor-in-Chief of PC Portables Magazine. "The 9100 is a portable that could be a computer gateway into the 21st century." Common Modularity "The Gateway Solo 9100 Multimedia Notebook is a true desktop replacement product with industry-leading features. That alone is impressive," shared Bob Burnett, Director of Mobile Systems for Gateway 2000. "However, the most compelling aspect of the Gateway Solo 9100 is the common modularity it shares with the Gateway Solo 2300 and other Gateway Solo products." The Gateway Solo 9100 has won other industry trade awards because it also shares many components with another notebook in the Gateway Solo line, the Gateway Solo 2300 Multimedia Notebook. Batteries and system memory are interchangeable between the Gateway Solo 9100 and 2300 portables. AC chargers and docking solutions share common modularity across the entire Gateway Solo product line. Common modularity is a feature often requested by corporate accounts managing large deployments of notebook computers. Build-to-Order Gateway Solo multimedia notebooks are available in standard configurations as listed above or can be custom configured. For more information, call 1-800-315-2536 or visit http://www.gateway.com/product/prodline3.htm#solo. About PC Portables Magazine PC PORTABLES (http://www.pcportablesmag.com) is the nation's premiere monthly covering portable computing. Entering its 10th year of publication in 1998, PC Portables is edited by Mark A. Kellner, an industry veteran and longtime computer columnist for the Washington Times. The magazine is available on newsstands across the United Sates and Canada, as well as by subscription. About Gateway Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a Fortune 500 company founded in 1985, is a leading global direct marketer of PC products. The company, headquartered in North Sioux City, South Dakota North Sioux City is a city in Union County, South Dakota, United States. It is part of the Sioux City/Iowa/Nebraska/South Dakota Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,288 at the 2000 census. , has manufacturing facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Ireland and Malaysia and employs over 12,000 people worldwide. Gateway products and services consistently win top awards from leading industry publications. Revenue for the first nine months of 1997 was $4.3 billion. For further information, visit Gateway at http://www.gateway.com. CONTACT: Gateway 2000, North Sioux City Kathy Jeno Anderson, Marketing Communications, (605) 232-1852 jenokat@gw2k.com |
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