Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
1999 commercial for Gateway Country. Gateway Country was a series of stores owned and operated by Gateway, who had recently shed the "2000" from their name, just in time for the year 2000. These stores allowed customers to try out working PCs and spec out a Gateway computer and perhaps purchase it online. Computers were not directly for sale in the stores, you could not walk out with one today. This was because of Gateway's strict build-to-order policy, but the inability to buy something today was viewed as a major mistake and may have been a factor in the closing of the entire chain of stores after only about a year of operation.
Gateway shrunk to a shadow of its former self and was acquired by Acer in 2007.
This 30 second spot aired during a showing of the 1999 Monaco GP in the United States.
1999 commercial for Gateway Country. Gateway Country was a series of stores owned and operated by Gateway, who had recently shed the "2000" from their name, just in time for the year 2000. These stores allowed customers to try out working PCs and spec out a Gateway computer and perhaps purchase it online. Computers were not directly for sale in the stores, you could not walk out with one today. This was because of Gateway's strict build-to-order policy, but the inability to buy something today was viewed as a major mistake and may have been a factor in the closing of the entire chain of stores after only about a year of operation.
Gateway shrunk to a shadow of its former self and was acquired by Acer in 2007.
This 30 second spot aired during a showing of the 1999 Monaco GP in the United States.
