Emachines computers?
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I used to say that several years ago. It seems the tides have changed however. Nowadays, they have deals with rebates, etc where you can get EVERYTHING for 400 bucks -chip, board, ram, case, drive, OS, CDROM (sometimes a cdwriter). To build your own, it's easy just to spend that for chip, board and maybe a cdrom and ram... but you still have to buy the rest. These days it's much cheaper to buy everything - unless of course price isn't an object and you really want certain hardware in the machine.
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True, but lots of the computers I have built have been a better deal than the prepackaged ones, but I do reuse some of the parts, so I guess that's why.
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From: Monmouth Beach New Jersey
bought one at COSTCO last week
I purchased an Emachine at COSTCO last week.
It was sold just PC and speakers + key board and mouse for $499 - no monitor.
I wondered about that AMD Anthalon chip instead of the Pentium, but it is fast and no problems. I already had a nice screen so it was good it was priced without one. Every thing seems fine and COSTCO policy is I can return it for 6 months directly to them.
It was sold just PC and speakers + key board and mouse for $499 - no monitor.
I wondered about that AMD Anthalon chip instead of the Pentium, but it is fast and no problems. I already had a nice screen so it was good it was priced without one. Every thing seems fine and COSTCO policy is I can return it for 6 months directly to them.
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My son and I just built a fairly good machine for $500 for a lady. AMD 2500+, 512 DDR, 80GB, 128MVideo, nForce2 MB, 52x32x52CDRW, case, PS, yada yada...
Check out http://www.newegg.com/ for decent parts at good prices.
The name brand PC's use proprietary boards with their own drivers that you have to send to them for upgrades. I was pulled in even tho I new better on a Compaq deal with rebates etc. -What a fiasco! That machine was a POS
I also reuse parts if I can on my own computers.
I use AMD parts, the last Intel I had was a 486.
Check out http://www.newegg.com/ for decent parts at good prices.
The name brand PC's use proprietary boards with their own drivers that you have to send to them for upgrades. I was pulled in even tho I new better on a Compaq deal with rebates etc. -What a fiasco! That machine was a POS
I also reuse parts if I can on my own computers.
I use AMD parts, the last Intel I had was a 486.
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Im typing on a emachine notebook, best laptop Iv'e had thus far.
My only complaint is that, sometimes just resting the "heel" of your hand around the mouse pad, makes the pointer jump when you don't want it to.
Also, I blame it for all my typo's!!
My only complaint is that, sometimes just resting the "heel" of your hand around the mouse pad, makes the pointer jump when you don't want it to.
Also, I blame it for all my typo's!!
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I bought an E-machine for my wife, I've built a few PC myself and I've got a few at work in various stages of evolution to and from junk. What I tell people is if you are just interested in the basics, internet, basic photo capabilities and just the run of the mill office and home utilities stuff, buy something cheap like an E-machine. There are really great deals on basic PCs out there that you can't beat and they come basically ready to go. I'm still using an older 700mhz E-machine for my internet and my wife has a newer 2.4ghz PC she uses, both with XP. I can't tell much difference from day to day. The only time I've been able to really tell the difference is when you engage in proccessor and memory intensive things like gaming and serious graphics.
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Typing on a E-machines right now.
All the cheaper computers these days package what could be considered "Spyware/adware" with the computers to offset the cheap prices.
Once you get the "spyware" de-activated, they are a decent computer.
The spyware is tied in with pop-up type ads and the deals come with internet service so they keep track of you.
All the cheaper computers these days package what could be considered "Spyware/adware" with the computers to offset the cheap prices.
Once you get the "spyware" de-activated, they are a decent computer.
The spyware is tied in with pop-up type ads and the deals come with internet service so they keep track of you.
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I am using an EMachine right now... I ran windows 98 on it for a year, until it fried, now I am running linux on it, and have no dvd or cd burner ability anymore.. I need to learn linux, but am way too busy right now.
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