10 Facts About Gateway 2000

Gateway, Inc, previously Gateway 2000, is an American computer hardware company.

Gateway 2000 developed, manufactured, supported, and marketed a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories.

Gateway 2000 built brand recognition in part by shipping computers in spotted boxes patterned after Holstein cow markings.

In 1989, Gateway 2000 moved its corporate offices and production facilities to North Sioux City, South Dakota.

In 1997, Gateway 2000 acquired Advanced Logic Research, a maker of high-end personal computers and servers.

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In line with the Holstein cow mascot, Gateway 2000 opened a chain of "farm-styled" retail stores called Gateway 2000 Country Stores, mostly in suburban and rural areas across the United States.

In 2000, Gateway announced a partnership with OfficeMax to sell its computers in store through the Gateway Country Branding.

Gateway 2000 moved build-to-order desktop, laptop, and server manufacturing back to the United States with the opening of its Gateway 2000 Configuration Center in Nashville, in September 2006.

In September 2020, Acer granted Gateway 2000 branding and licensing rights to Bmorn Technology, a Shenzhen based technology company to manufacture and sell Gateway 2000 branded laptops and tablets through Walmart.

However, the pressure to achieve profits after the acquisition of eMachines led then-CEO Wayne Inouye to phase Gateway 2000-branded consumer electronics out of their product line that same year.