Enlarge / Enjoyable colours—however we’re ready to see what the innards seem like. (credit score: Gateway)

Again in 2007, Taiwan-based PC producer Acer purchased the once-iconic Gateway model in an effort to stick a thumb within the eye of rival OEM Lenovo and improve its US market presence. Within the 13 years since, the Gateway model has languished largely unused, whereas Acer constructed up its personal title in the USA immediately. The cow is formally again now, although, with a brand new line of mostly-budget, Walmart-exclusive Gateway laptops.

The brand new line ranges from $180 to $1,000, and a number of other fashions look fascinating—however once we seemed nearer, we discovered a well-recognized and never notably enticing title behind the model. Gateway can also be making two fashions of Android pill—an 8″ GWAT8-1 which does not seem like out there retail but, and a 10″ mannequin out there at Walmart for $67. Looking for extra element on the GWAT8-1 led us to a shocking discovery—it is truly made (or imported) by EVOO.

In June of this 12 months, we reviewed and completely despised a $140 EVOO laptop computer—powered by an AMD A4-9120e CPU, similar to the most cost effective mannequin of Gateway laptop computer within the desk above. The brand new GWTN116-1BL has twice the RAM and storage in comparison with the successfully uncooled, drastically underclocked, and completely blecherous EVOO EV-C-116-5—however once we went sleuthing, we found delivery information indicating that it, too, is an EVOO system.