Article: Competition for Apple desktop; Gateway takes its shot at iMac; Dell to be next in line

If you've lusted after Apple's sleek, one-piece iMac desktop computers but have no interest in switching to the Mac, you're in luck this holiday season. Two of the big Windows PC makers, Gateway and Dell, will offer their own all-in-one desktops, which -- like the iMac -- are designed for style and pack an entire computer into a svelte body that looks like it's merely a monitor.

Both new contenders, oddly, are named "One." I've been testing the Gateway One, which can be preordered now at beautyofone.com, and is set for delivery this month. It will also be available at Best Buy stores. Dell's entry, called the XPS One, will be unveiled later, though Dell is already teasing it on a page ...

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