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Gateway Notebook and Desktop PCs to Be Available in Best Buy and Future Shop Retail Outlets in Canada Gateway Expands Retail Presence in Canada to Make Notebook and Desktop PCs Available to Wider Audience POWAY, Calif. and IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway announced today that its notebook and desktop PCs will be available across Canada in Best Buy's 22 retail stores and 109 Future Shop retail stores, beginning the second half of August. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO ) The news of Gateway's expanded retail distribution follows the announcements that Best Buy's 622 U.S.-based retail outlets have begun stocking Gateway PCs. The agreement significantly increases Gateway's presence in Canada, where the company has been selling PCs for more than four years. The company's notebook and desktop PCs will also be available via BestBuy.com and FutureShop.com. "Best Buy and Future Shop are trusted by millions of consumers in Canada for their excellent service and commitment to selling top-quality products," said Wayne Inouye, Gateway's president and CEO. "They make a great fit for Gateway and our line of quality PCs." "We're excited to expand our computer assortment in Best Buy and Future Shop stores in Canada with Gateway's strong brand and excellent PC products," said Charles Tobin, vice president of IPG, Digital Imaging and Appliances, Best Buy Canada. "We want to ensure we're giving our customers a strong line-up of choices in order to meet all their PC needs." This marks another step forward in Gateway's strategy to make its PCs available at major retailers in addition to Gateway's direct channels of phone and web. The strategy to provide more customers with access to Gateway's products follows Gateway's merger with eMachines in March. eMachines PCs are available at leading retailers in the United States, Japan and Western Europe. Details about the Gateway notebook and desktop PCs to be sold by Best Buy and Future Shop stores in Canada will be available when the systems are ready for sale in the second half of August. 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, which received nearly 130 awards and honors last year, are offered at major retailers, over the web and phone, and through its direct sales force. 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: Lisa Emard of Gateway, Inc., +1-858-848-3426, Web site: http://www.gateway.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/144245.html

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