Tribute To The Cow

Rediscover your love for Gateway.

Remember the good old days, where you'd gather in your station wagon with Ma and Pa. Little Rufus would be wagging his tail in the back. Sis would be singing songs, excited about your family's trip to the Gateway store.

You'd pile out, sprinting through the doors, entering the showroom, filled with computers and accessories. Your parents would be close behind, browsing what was for sale.

While your parents would talk with the salesperson, you'd run around the store, tapping away at keyboards, imagining which computer would soon be yours.

It wouldn't be long before your family would have placed an order, and you'd be on your way home, awaiting the computer that would be soon arriving on your family's doorstep.

Every class period would be spent staring out the window, awaiting the times that would be spent on your Gateway -- all of the rounds of Minesweeper, all of the runs on SkiFree.

Not many days later, that time would come. Your doorbell would ring, and you'd open your door to a box that was spotted like a cow. You'd lift it inside and set it on the floor before calling your parents. You'd open it up as a family, and then you would all set it up, marveling at the tower, the monitor, the keyboard and mouse, and not before long, you'd be huddled around a desk, enjoying the wonder of both Gateway and the internet.

While the process of buying a Gateway might not be the same anymore, the name still stands, tall and proud in the form of this Gateway Quad-Core Compact Desktop. And as a nod to your unfettered nostalgia, proudly displayed is the glorious logo of the original cowbox.

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