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Wellcky

Wellcky

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Have any of you had trouble or heard anything bad about these puppies, a friend of mine wants to get a computer but dosen't want to spend more than he can chew. Any adivice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks again,
Wellcky
 
Haven't heard much about em...but if you're looking for performance or expandability, they ain't what you want.

You might get more response in General Hardware forum.
 
I worked on a mid-tower emachine a few months ago and I liked it. It did have a very cheap sound card (crystal) and video card (Trident), but they would be very easy to upgrade. It used a basic component build with a standard bios. It wasn't bogged down with a bunch of crap like the Compcraps or HewlettPuckards I've worked on. I recommend it based on it's non-proprietary, modular component build qualities.
 
I have two nephews with Emachines. Basic hardware, simple systems. We did lose a power supply on one, I hear this is common. The thing would power itself up in the middle of the night! Scared the heck out of my nephew... 🙂🙂🙂
 
My dad has an eMachines Cyrix-based system. The first one had a power-supply failure and was about a month in the replacing. In the meantime I lent him one of my computers to do his budget spreadsheet (thank goodness we both use MS Works). Other than that failure, it has had no problems. Believe it or not, one of the chief selling points for Dad was the physical size of the tower! 🙂 It has two DIMM slots, two PCI/two ISA (one shared) and now both PCI slots are full, although I could take the modem out if I needed a PCI slot. The built-in video is not for gamers, and it needs to be upgraded from 32Mb of RAM to 64Mb even for Web-surfing, but it's suitable for what he does... and the price was right. For a gamer, I'd go with a hand-picked system. The cheapest way to buy is to buy the right stuff the first time.
 
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