Gateway steps up with a $399 PC

[CyberViking2000]

Amid fears that consumers won't be shelling out for high-ticket items this holiday season, PC makers are lowering prices to try and loosen consumers' purse strings.

Read more about it here.

[Desmon]

Take the "Virtual tour" of the 300SL. Someone doesn't know their floppies from their HDDs.
 :-o

[SilvrDrgn]

I can't find it.  Do you have a URL for this virtual tour?

[Desmon]

I can't find it. Do you have a URL for this virtual tour?

Sorry, it disappeared from the zdnet site. Try this one.

http://gateway.com/home/deals/offers/amazingoffer.shtml
Cache Ya,
Craig.

[Herewegoagain]

The $399 Gateway PC comes with a 1.8GHz Intel Celeron processor, a 40GB hard drive, 128MB of memory, a CD burner, and a year's worth of America Online Internet service.

That's alot of stuff to put in for $399.00, of course it will cost $499 out of pocket (see the $100 rebate info) and that last line...."America Online Internet service."  I'm assuming that you will have to buy AOL for a year, and not that you get a year of free online service.  Let's see, so you pay $23.90 a month for AOL for one year ($286.80) then in all you have paid $399.00 + $286.80 = $685.80.  And that's about the average price for a PC anyway.  But if you get theirs, you have to take the AOL for one year (YUCK!)  I wouldn't wish that on anyone.