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Gateway plans to acquire emachines for about $200 million to bolster its shrinking PC revenue while it pursues the consumer electronics market, the companies announced Friday. The deal will provide Gateway with the revenue generated by emachines' strength Combined company would be the third-largest PC company in the U.S. market—still far behind Dell and HP—and would give Gateway a stronger presence in low-end computers. Gateway Inc., which has spent the past year trying to expand beyond its PC-making (FORTUNE Small Business) – Last June, Dale Kaup pulled into a Best Buy parking lot in Lincoln and smiled, happy with himself--the store hadn't opened yet. Clutching the circular from Sunday's paper, he was on a mission: to be first to buy the new $399 emachines today introduced a new line of desktop PCs ideal for home PC users and students heading back to school this fall. The new line of value-priced PCs feature powerful processors and exciting multimedia features, making them ready to take on the eMachines Inc. 0 i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/32493848-2-120-0.gif 269.99 269.99 abcnews.com.com/eMachines_T5062/4014-3118_9-32493848.html?subj=eMachines+T5062&tag=feed∂=abcnews 0 0 0 A dual-core eMachines PC costs only $50 more; eight-channel audio. We've seen some inexpensive PCs produce stellar performance, but at some point there simply isn't enough oomph available for such a meager investment. That particular deficiency plagues the eMachines ET1161-03, a $400 system that illustrates the need to .

WHAT'S HOT: At first glance, the gray EMachines minitower looks rather plain, but we found some goodies on further inspection: Covers can be flipped open to reveal two front-mounted USB ports (there are two more on the back) and a 12X/8X/32X CD-RW drive. (IDG) -- The sub-$600 computer market is growing faster than you can say "supply strain." Emachines added to the cheap PC pandemonium Tuesday, announcing a new line of $399, $499, and $599 etower systems for release this quarter. "We are rapidly seeing the Gateway Inc. said yesterday that it would buy the privately held eMachines Inc. for $30 million in cash and $50 million in Gateway stock, in an deal currently valued at $266 million. The deal, which comes one day after Gateway posted its 12th loss in 13 In an exclusive eWEEK interview, eMachines founder John Hui explains why the company's model works in today's market and what his plans are now that eMachines has been acquired by Gateway. In 1998, when the "smart" money was being placed on Internet .