Gateway emphasizes easy-to-fix PCs for SMB

You know, I believe that tool-free chassis designs are fine just so long as they don’t leave people that still can’t get them open feeling like a ‘tool’.

A new series of low-cost desktops and notebooks from Gateway are designed to allow small-business customers to deploy PCs without having to rely on a professional IT department, the company announced Thursday in a press release.

Gateway’s latest PCs are designed for small and medium-size businesses, generally thought of as companies with anywhere from ten to a few hundred employees. After IT departments at large corporations began to exercise IT spending discipline following the dot-com collapse in the early part of the decade, PC and server companies have sought to gain a foothold among SMB customers.

SMBs make up a very large part of the total market for PCs and servers, but their individual purchasing pales next to the IT departments at the world’s largest companies. However, the unique needs of these customers for simple PCs that are easy to maintain and acquire are receiving new attention from PC companies desperate to find sources of growth in a stagnating market. [Read the rest]