Are emachines any good?

[Conky]

My bro is thinking about getting this from BestBuy. $469 after a fistfull of rebates.

2.8Ghz Celeron, 512mb, 80Gig HD, WindowsXP home, DVD, CD-R, 17" flatscreen, and a Lexmark photo printer.

I offered to build him a new one but I can't beat this price. Suggestions welcome.

 

[MDE]

eMachines aren't bad, but Celerons = :evil:

Proof

 

[Ghost]

When I worked retail 4 years ago, we had a "no questions asked" return policy on Emachines. We had a lot of returns. I, personally, wouldn't recommend them to anyone, unless they knew that Emachines weren't the best quality, but were still willing to buy em.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: MDE
eMachines aren't bad, but Celerons = :evil:

Proof

I know but my bro will not stand for any AMD product in his next system(although I put together a 1.4Ghz athlon for him to use for a while... motherboard is messed up and will not take any more than 128MB of RAM, LOL). I suggested P4 over Celeron but 2.8Ghz Celeron with half a gig of RAM still ought to be able to play some games with his weak 9000Pro installed in it.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Ghost
When I worked retail 4 years ago, we had a "no questions asked" return policy on Emachines. We had a lot of returns. I, personally, wouldn't recommend them to anyone, unless they knew that Emachines weren't the best quality, but were still willing to buy em.

I have an eMachines M6805 (Athlon64 laptop) and haven't had any problems at all. The quality has vastly improved.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

emachines got bought by gateway last i heard.

 

[tapir]

I suggested P4 over Celeron but 2.8Ghz Celeron with half a gig of RAM still ought to be able to play some games with his weak 9000Pro installed in it.

No, no it won't. A P4 celeron can be overclocked to 3.8 GHz and it will still suck awfully. Why won't he take an AMD product? A 2.8 celeron costs $130 at the Egg. For 10$ less you can get a Barton 2800+ which I guarantee will wipe the floor with the celeron.

There. is. no. comparison.

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD03MjAmdXJsX3BhZ2U9NA==

here the 2.8 gets beat in every practical application by a 2500+ by crazy margins

I suggest something more like
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1279240&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

although that is an HP so it probably has no AGP slot or something equally ridiculous but the point is DO BETTER THAN A CELERON

 

[JBT]

E machines seem to be a bit better now adays but that celeron will suck it up big time.

 

[SneakyStuff]

emachines went under new ownership a year or 2 ago, since then, i've heard nothing but good things about them, think about it, their bottom of the line systems use an integrated gf4mx graphics chip, they have AGP expansion slots, and a 350 watt PSU, combine that with an Athlon XP processor, and you've got a pretty nice basic, no hassle pc, for under $600 Heck, i'd buy one just to see

 

[Abhi]

Celeron? No!

 

[nick1985]

NO!!!!

CELERONS ARE GOD AWFUL! TELL YOUR BROTHER TO LOOK AT THOSE BENCHIES! IS HE INSANE?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Abhi]

This might be slightly better...

Dimension 2400 Desktop for $399 after a $150 mail in rebate with free shipping

Pentium® 4 Processor at 2.666GHz with 533MHz front side bus, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition, 256MB Shared DDR SDRAM at 333MHz , FREE UPGRADE to 80GB ATA/100 Value Hard Drive, FREE UPGRADE to CDRW Drive, XP Home, 1 year warranty.

Taken from http://www.rasputinj.com/article2104.html

 

[TlitJ]

I bought a cheap eMachine about 2 years ago to throw Linux on and I've had no problems. The only thing I had to do was add some oil to the processor fan (it started making noises, but hasn't after lubing) and added a stick of ram to bring it up to 256.

I've gotten my money's worth I think (I payed $399 back then).