ZDNet, die normaal gesproken geen onbevestigde troep a la The Register post, heeft een nieuwsartikel gewijd aan de geruchten dat Gateway binnenkort een Athlon systeem introduceert. Dell zou hiermee als enige grote Athlon-loze PC bouwer overblijven:
Rumors of a forthcoming Athlon-based PC line have been circulating the Web for nearly a week. The rumors began when what was depicted as an internal Gateway e-mail describing plans to offer an Athlon-based desktop in Gateway's now defunct Select line of Desktops was posted to Web bulletin boards. The document says that Gateway would resurrect Select with Athlon chips, starting at about $1,299.[...] Calls to Gateway's desktop marketing department, where the memo was said to have originated, were not returned.
But while marketing didn't return calls, Gateway salespeople have been happily telling interested parties that an Athlon-based system is in the works.
One salesman said that Gateway sales people had been briefed on the new system, which he described as a "rocket" when compared with a similar system based on an Intel Pentium III chip.
"It might be (introduced soon)," he said. "We're just standing by for further notice."
Volgens een mailtje, dat AMD Zone van een Gateway sales mannetje kreeg, zal het Gateway Athlon systeem vanaf 29 december verkrijgbaar zijn.
Als Gateway eenmaal Athlons verkoopt moet Dell haast wel 
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