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Admit it: seated in front of a PC with the name scratched off, you couldn't tell the difference between an IBM and a Dell, Compaq or Gateway. And would you care? Probably not. Buying a PC today is no more complex than getting, say, a toaster. Or, if you're looking at something really sophisticated, a microwave oven...
...first run at it? Three letters: IBM.) There was a time in the mid-'90s when PC makers could count on ever more complicated applications requiring ever faster processors, causing consumers and businesses to upgrade PCs almost as often as Japan changed Prime Ministers. Sellers like Dell, Compaq, IBM, Gateway and Hewlett Packard got accustomed to 100% revenue-growth rates, while investors reaped heady returns: $1,000 invested in Dell in 1989 has grown to $640,000 today...
...CHARITY WORK] --Twice won the NHL's King Clancy Award for humanitarian contributions; runs programs for Gateway Special Hockey, teaching the sport to people with Down syndrome
...GATEWAY BEATS BILL GATES...
...Justice Department's lawsuit against Microsoft may be trouble for Bill Gates, but it could help business for Gateway. In an industry first, and with Microsoft's grudging assent, the PC maker is offering new customers the Windows 98 operating system and a choice of either the Microsoft or Netscape browser. (To get that choice, customers must pick Gateway's Internet service over those of AOL and other providers.) Also, those paying for their PC in monthly installments starting at $50 can trade up to a faster model two years later...