I recently purchased an emachines e-tower 466i
with a 466mhz Celeron processor. It is a good
machine for the price. I bought it with 6.4gb
hard drive, 64mb ram, 40X cd rom, and a 56k
modem. It came in a package with an e-view
17" monitor, Lexmark Z11 printer, and an
AGFA scanner.

The audio speakers that come with the
system are poor. Plan on purchasing a new
speaker system if you want quality audio.

The modem is the only other thing I have had a problem with. It
just randomly disconnects at will. It will connect every time
faithfully, however it disconnects on its own quite a bit. It is a
Conexant 56k Soft modem, which is a WIN modem. I tried tech
support at emachines and they gave me a command string to use
with this modem which worked. However it then only connected at 28.8.
Rather than pursue this issue with emachinesI just purchased a new
56k DualMode modem from ZOOM. Conexant modem came out and
went in the trash. Installation was easy, and connections have been reliable
ever since. Zoom modem cost was only $39.00.

I added Norton System Works as a utility program, and am very
satisfied with that product as well.

Tech support from emachines has been alright. They have been
quite helpful, although you will pay the toll charges for your call
to their tech support in the state of Oregon. Tech support is
not a toll free call anymore at emachines.

Overall I believe it is a fairly good product for the price.
Providing it continues to operate as it does today. I've only had
it a week or so.





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