SFF.Network Retro SFF: LGR Looks at Gateway Astro All-In-One PC From 1999

Image Credit – LGR
 
Time for some weekend retro.
LGR has gotten his hands on a satisfying simplistically small Gateway all-in-one PC from 1999; the Gateway Astro. This 400MHz Celeron powered PC had an integrated shadow mask display, and Intel graphics. Check out his video below, and make sure you subscribe.
 

 

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[Skripka]

Reminds me of the iMac colored CRT PCs from back then. The ones that melted CDs if you needed to re-image them

 

[Revenant]

Reminds me of the iMac colored CRT PCs from back then. The ones that melted CDs if you needed to re-image them

LOL. I was working at Comp USA when the first iMac arrived. Good times.

 

[rfarmer]

LOL. I was working at Comp USA when the first iMac arrived. Good times.

I live in the Pacific Northwest and we used to have a Comp USA here, closest MicroCenter is in Denver and 1100 miles away. Damn I miss that Comp USA.

 

[tinyitx]

Yeah, visiting a local CompUSA store on weekends is a highlight of the week...lol
Grabbing some dot matrix printing paper and maybe the latest copy of the thick and fat Computer Shopper magazine while looking around in the store...lol.
The internet was not as developed as now. No computer forums.....basically only BBS and ICQ.