# Remember Gateway 2000? How a mouse pad triggered a wave of nostalgia for the big-box home PC company

> Before we all carried computers in our pockets, there was a "computer room" — a space we set aside for the home's lone PC.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/remember-gateway-2000-how-a-mouse-pad-triggered-a-wave-of-nostalgia-for-the-big-box-home-pc-company?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=69b974c5a2dd0e559c606c5a)
- **Published:** 2026-03-17
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #acer #home #company #gateway #mouse #nostalgia #remember #triggered
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