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Solo
Solo 2200
Developer
ManufacturerSanyo (early models)
TypeLaptop
Release dateSeptember 1995 (1995-09)
Lifespan1995–2003
Discontinued2003 (2003)
CPU

The Solo was a line of laptop computers sold by Gateway, Inc. (originally Gateway 2000), from 1995 to 2003. All models in the range were equipped with Intel x86 processors and came preinstalled with the Windows operating system.

History[edit]

Solo 2150

Gateway unveiled the Solo line of laptops on August 15, 1995, shortly before Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system became generally available for sale on August 24, 1995.[1] Initial entries in the Solo lineup were manufactured on an OEM basis by the Japanese company Sanyo.[2] The Solo was the first laptop to have a Windows key and a Menu key, which respectively activate the Start menu and context menus in Windows (the Start menu first appeared in Windows 95).[3] Gateway worked closely with Microsoft on development of the Solo to make it fully optimized with Windows 95, which was a nearly top-down redesign of Microsoft's previous Windows 3.1x operating systems.[4] The Solo replaced Gateway's earlier ColorBook and Liberty line of laptops and were the first of the company's laptops to feature Intel's x86-based Pentium processor, for which Windows 95 was optimized during its development.[1][5]

The Solo was released to retailers and corporate resellers in September 1995. The first two models—the V75 and the S90—came with Pentium processors clocked at 75 MHz and 90 MHz respectively.[6] Both Solos were multimedia-oriented and came with a Sound Blaster–compatible sound chip and removable CD-ROM drives bays as standard;[4] Gateway later made the CD-ROM drives an optional add-on to reduce cost at the entry level.[6] The company marketed the Solo at the cost-conscious businessperson and positioned it as a budget version of the more upscale IBM ThinkPad and Toshiba Satellite lines of laptops.[2]

Later entries in the Solo line featured the Pentium II, Pentium IIIs, and various P6-based Celerons.[7][8][9][10] The Solo line was retired in late 2002, Gateway still selling refurbished units on their website until 2003.[11][12]

Models[edit]

Gateway Solo models
Model Release date Processor Clock
speed
(MHz)		 LCD
technology		 LCD
size
(in.)		 LCD
resolution		 Stock RAM
(max., in MB)		 HDD Notes/ref(s).
V75 September 1995 Pentium 75 Color TFT 10.4 640×480 8 (40) 540 MB [3][2]
S90 September 1995 Pentium 90 Color TFT 10.4 800×600 16 (40) 720 MB [3][2]
2100 June 1996 Pentium 100 or 120 or 133 Color TFT 11.3 800×600 16 (40) 810 MB or 1.2 GB [13]
2200 January 1997 Pentium MMX 120 or 133 or 150 or 166 Color TFT 12.1 800×600 16 (80) 2 GB [14][15][16]
9100 May 1997 Pentium MMX 150 or 166 Color TFT 13.3 800×600 48 (164) 3 GB [17][18]
2300 July 1997 Pentium MMX 150 or 166 or 200 or 233 Color TFT 12.1 800×600 32 (192) 2 GB [19][20][21][22]
5100 January 1998 Pentium MMX 166 or 200 or 233 or 266 Color TFT 14.1 1024×768 16 (144) 2 GB or 3 GB or 4.2 GB [23][24]
2500 May 1998 Pentium MMX or
Mobile Pentium II or
Celeron		 233 (Pentium MMX)
233 or 266 or 300 or 333 or 366 (Pentium II)
266 or 300 (Celeron)		 Color TFT 12.1 (LS)
13.3 (XL)		 800×600 (LS)
1024×768 (XL)		 64 (288) 3 GB or 4.2 GB [25][26][27][28]
5150 August 1998 Mobile Pentium II 233 or 266 or 300 or 333 or 366 Color TFT 14.1 1024×768 32 (288) 2 GB or 4 GB or 6.4 GB [27][29]
9150 April 1999 Mobile Pentium II 300 or 333 or 366 Color TFT 15.1 1024×768 (384) 14 GB (up to) [30]
3300 May 2000 Mobile Pentium III 500 Color TFT 12.1 1024×768 64 (128) 6 GB or 12 GB [31]
9300 August 1999 Mobile Pentium III 400 Color TFT 15.1 1024×768 128 10 GB [32]
2150 October 1999 Celeron or
Mobile Pentium III		 400 (Celeron)
450 (Pentium III)		 Color TFT 12.1
14.1		 800×600
1024×768		 32 6 GB [33][34][35]
2550 October 1999 Celeron or
Mobile Pentium II or
Mobile Pentium III		 Various
600 or 650 (Pentium III)		 Color TFT 15.7 1280×1024 (288) 4–18 GB [36][37]
3350 September 2000 Celeron or
Mobile Pentium III		 500 (Celeron)
600 (Pentium III)		 Color TFT 12.1 1024×768 64 (256) 6–20 GB [38][39]
5300 August 2000 Celeron or
Mobile Pentium III		 500–600 (Celeron)
700 (Pentium III)		 Color TFT 12.1 1024×768 64 (512) 6–20 GB [40][41]
1150 August 2000 Celeron 500 or 550 Color TFT 12.1 1024×768 32 (512) 5 GB or 6 GB [42]
9500 March 2001 Mobile Pentium III 700–1000 Color TFT 15.1
15.7 (XL Deluxe)		 1280×1024 256 (512) 6 GB or 10 GB [43][9]
1200 July 2001 Celeron 800 Color TFT 12.1 1024×768 64 (192) 10 GB [44]
3450 July 2001 Mobile Pentium III 750 Color TFT 12.1 1024×768 192 (192) 10 GB [44]
9550 August 2001 Pentium III-M 933 or 1000 or 1130 Color TFT 15.7 1280×1024 128 (512) 10 GB or 20 GB or 30 GB [45][46]
1400 December 2001 Celeron 850 Color TFT 14.1 1024×768 128 (512) 10 GB [47][48]
5350 December 2001 Pentium III-M 733–1000 Color TFT 14.1 1024×768 256 (512) 20 [47][49]
1450 April 2002 Celeron 1200 Color TFT 14.1
15.1		 1024×768 (14.1)
1280×1024 (15.1)		 128 (512) 20 GB [50]

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