Gateway, Inc., previously Gateway 2000, Inc., was an American computer company originally based in Iowa and South Dakota. Founded by Ted Waitt and Mike Hammond in 1985, the company developed, manufactured, supported, and marketed a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories.

Aug 7, 2019 · Initially launching out of a barn, it later moved to Sioux City’s Livestock Exchange Building, meaning the firm had literally displaced cows to build computers. (Later, it moved to its...

Sep 10, 2020 · Gateway laptops and tablets, which will come in the iconic cow-spotted boxes, will be sold exclusively by Walmart.

Aug 12, 2023 · Gateway Computers, with its memorable cow-spotted boxes and direct-to-consumer sales model, made a significant impact on the PC industry during its heyday. However, the company's inability to adapt to changing market dynamics and intensifying competition eventually led to its decline.

Oct 20, 2022 · Inexpensive PCs would ship to customers in black and white boxes resembling the markings on the dairy cows and because they only used two colors, it saved on packaging costs. Gateway pioneered...

Apr 8, 2022 · Launched from a farmhouse in 1985, Gateway eventually grabbed the industry’s third-biggest U.S. market share, behind only Hewlett-Packard and Dell, and 25 percent of the retail PC business. But...

Nov 28, 2023 · Gateway Computers. The hugely successful company that sold computers in a white box with black cow prints started in Iowa in the 1980s. Like so many others, my first computer was a Gateway. Here's what became of the trailblazing company.

Mar 30, 2013 · Starting in 1985, Gateway 2000 was the original moniker of Gateway computers. Shipped in Holstein cow markings boxes with an All Green Gateway logo to accent the rural roots of the Iowa based company, it was supposed to be the greatest computer company of the upcoming century.

Walmart owns the name rights somehow now (Gateway USA), I have their Creator 15 with Ryzen 4600H and GTX 1650, and it still came in a spotted cow box about a year ago. Made me so happy to see it and feel the wave of nostalgia.

Jan 31, 2022 · Yep, Gateway had the unique black-and-white cow print boxes that they shipped their mail order PCs in. You could also order Gateway cow print t-shirts, coffee mugs, and cow plush toys.