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My mom's old computer just crapped out. I want to get her a replacement this week. She uses it for internet, email, and photos. I saw a cheap emachine (Pentium D 805, 512 MB memory with 160 gig hard drive and DVD burner for $299.00 (after rebates).This sounds perfect for her but was wondering if anybody had any opinions about eMachines, either from past experiences or word of mouth. Thanks in advance.
E-machines is a pretty good budget brand. If your mom is going to use it for surfing the web, word processing etc.. then it would be be perfect.
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The price is right.
I have a computer with that CPU but 1GB ram and it motors pretty good.
I wouldn't use it for gaming.
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They've a bad rep for using substandard power supplies - if it does fail, replacement is relatively inexpensive & straightforward
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Thanks for all the replies. I checked the specs and there was nothing listed about power supply. I figure I will be OK, she just uses the computer for emailing photos and gossip with the rest of the blue haired biddies in the neighborhood.
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Rich,
I'm using one right now. Its my second e-machines. Only problem I've had with either of them was the first one (400MHz, purchased summer 1999) power supply finally gave up; got a good replacement PS from newegg and computer still going strong over in the Philippines.
Second (one I'm using now) has been more than two years use and I use it a lot. Its 2.7 G Celeron, 256 RAM, 40 G hard drive, and combo CD burn/DVD read drive and Epson inkjet printer. Whole works was $400 after taxes and rebates. I think they are even cheaper now.
I installed an old LS-120 drive and replaced the combo drive with a DVD burner in this one. Straight-forward installs.
My opinion on e-machines is that you get your moneys worth and then some. Good value
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"They've a bad rep for using substandard power supplies - if it does fail, replacement is relatively inexpensive & straightforward"
It is if it doesn't damage something else when it fails, which it DID do in ALL these cases:
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If you were to go by those, I would NOT buy an Emachines computer.
But on the other hand - we don't hear about many of the cases where replacing the PS was all that was required.
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... that is all it took to get my W2040 going
Crappy Bestec PSU - scorched pieces were rattling around inside of its housing - 10 minute fix
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LOL what namebran pc doesn't come with a sub-par psu that is mid-low range level.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7900GT
SATA II 2x 300gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI
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