Acer owns Gateway & eMachines.
My nephew & I have Gateway laptops, we bought them the same day,
my nephew got both of them with his employee discount.
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We've had them a little over a year with no problems.
I know others that are happy with their Acers.
Acer had a bad reputation, but they've made a lot of improvements.
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My first computer was an eMachines (built before Acer bought them out),
it's still going strong, I gave it to my sister.