Design was done in Irvine and overseas at Gateway’s manufacturing plants. It wasn’t easy to development this new sort of input/output model.

“The guys in Irvine were really critical in making sure it turned out the way it needed to. Several of them in the last six months spent a chunk of time overseas working on this,” he said.

Other key details about the One:

19-inch wide screen
NXT SoundVu speakers “hidden” in the screen
Seven USB ports, one 1394 port, two memory slots, two desktop hard drive bays and more. **Clarification: **Most of these are built into the computer, so users can still plug in an iPod or other non-permanent gadget.
No integrated web cam but an optional one is available to mount on the machine. Gateway didn’t build one in because the screen isn’t adjustable to get the perfect web cam shot.

Three configurations:
The $1299.99 configuration includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 dual-core processor; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100; 320GB SATA II hard drive and a 1.3 megapixel webcam.
The $1,799.99 configuration includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 dual-core processor; ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics; 500GB SATA II hard drive and a 1.3 megapixel webcam and an analog/digital TV tuner.
The Gateway One model available direct from Gateway includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 dual-core processor; ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics; 400GB Serial ATA II hard drive; and a 1.3 megapixel webcam for $1,499.99. **Also includes 2 GBs of RAM.