The company was also ranked number one in customer satisfaction for its corporate notebooks for the last three quarters. Gateway's success can be attributed to its unique approach to customer care and quality, which includes 100 percent North American-based technical support.

For the past year, Gateway's mean satisfaction rating has been significantly higher than the industry average. The company dominates the competitive field in phone support and ease of doing business. The latter is an area where other player's scores are softening due to higher customer expectations. Gateway's customer loyalty improved substantially and it received high scores in value, hardware quality and reliability as well as delivery and repair time.

"Gateway shows no signs of compromise," said Julie Perron, Technology Business Research manager of primary research. "Historically, it has made the most substantial progress and has moved steadily to industry leading status in less than two years. Gateway's satisfaction positions for phone support and ease of doing business continue to set the pace for the industry, which have traditionally been difficult areas to build a stellar reputation."-Gateway