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Gateway Expands eMachines' Retail Availability in Japan POWAY and IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc. announced today that it will expand its distribution of eMachines products in Japan by selling the brand's desktop and notebook PCs through Joshin Denki Co. Ltd., a leading electronics retailer with more than 100 stores across the Osaka region. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO) The eMachines brand has been available in Japan since late 2000 and is now sold through stores operated by Tsukomo Co. Ltd., a PC retailer with 10 stores, and Ishimaru Denki Co. Ltd., a an electronics retailer with 19 outlets. Wayne Inouye, Gateway's president and CEO, said, "We are delighted to team up with Joshin and we're pleased that they recognize the value of the eMachines brand and the appeal it will have to their customers. We look forward to working with them to expand the distribution of our products, making them more widely available to millions of consumers." Joshin will initially carry three eMachines desktop PCs, with notebooks to be added later in the year. In addition to Japan and the United States, Gateway sells the eMachines brand in the UK and various markets within Western Europe. About Gateway Since its founding in 1985, Gateway (NYSE:GTW) has been a technology pioneer, offering award-winning PCs and related products to consumers, businesses, government offices and schools. With its acquisition of eMachines now complete, Gateway is the third largest PC company in the U.S. and among the top ten worldwide. Its products under both brands received approximately 150 awards and honors last year. Gateway products are offered at major retailers, over the web and phone, and through its direct sales force. eMachines products are sold by major retailers. See http://www.gateway.com/ for more information. Special note This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not materialize or prove incorrect, could cause Gateway's results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be forward-looking statements, including any projections or preliminary estimates of earnings, revenues, or other financial items; any statements of plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements regarding sales by third-parties of Gateway products; any statements regarding proposed new products, services or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; statements of belief and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of these statements include, among others, our inability to control the sales, plans and strategies of third-party retailers, competitive factors and pricing pressures, including the impact of aggressive pricing cuts by larger competitors; general conditions in the personal computing industry, including changes in overall demand and average selling prices, shifts from desktops to mobile computing products and information appliances and the impact of new microprocessors and operating software; the ability to simplify the company's business, change its distribution model and restructure its operations and cost structure; component supply shortages; short product cycles; the ability to access new technology; infrastructure requirements; risks of international business; changes in accounting rules; the impact of litigation and government regulation generally; inventory risks due to shifts in market demand; the impact of employee reductions and management changes and additions; and general economic conditions, and other risks described from time to time in Gateway's Securities and Exchange Commission periodic reports and filings. Gateway assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Gateway, Inc. CONTACT: Dave Hallisey of Gateway, Inc., +1-858-848-3874, Web site: http://www.prnewswire.com/micro/GTW Web site: http://www.gateway.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/144245.html

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