You used to always see commercials with the cow box. Now you never hear anything at all anymore about them. Did they go out of business?

 

they were bought out by i THINK dell

 

They were bought out by Acer. You can still buy Gateway computers. The brand still exists.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway,_Inc.

 

let me know if you can find emachines lol

^ which i just learned were bought by gateway in 2004 haha

 

EMachines = Gateway with 1-900 technical support. Don't buy EMachines for your parents. blink.gif

 

i remember emachines!! a name i haven't heard in ages!!! i had one in high school in the 90's. i was happy to see Gateway go. Toshiba should be next. what sh*t computers.

i think Acer is the best of the best. they make those awesome portable computers.

 

lol gateways and emachines suck but they are supposed to be low end computers.

dude what are you talking about i think toshiba makes great computers for the price.

 

yeah i heard emachines were a "custom" built computer, not an actual company like hp for say.

there are some good things about toshiba, but overall i've gone through 4 toshibas all with the same results. a few of my friends have too. battery problems, screens not working, plugs falling out, hard drives crashing, not innovative, they're fragile and heavy, paint rubs off after a short time. and for a decade their battery socket has been moving so you have to put a book on top of the plug for it to charge. i still can't get my laptop to turn on after it gave up. ...etc.

by the way i agree with you on the other thread about Macs and creative people. i'm a graphic design major, but i got my Mac way before knew i'd have to get one.

 

My ancient Toshiba Tecra 8000 still works. I use it for tuning because it has a serial port.