eMachines eMonster

Pros: Powerful, solid design, and priced right
Cons: Speakers are shoddy - that's all

Note: My original review on the eMachines eMonster was written when I was new to Epinions and was based on my own casual use of one particular computer and my friends opinions of the computer. Since then I have had the honor of upgrading several...

Pros: Price, ease of use,
Cons: Worthless speakers

The model I'll be reviewing here is the eMonster 500a from eMachines.
Pentium III @ 500Mhz, 64MB ram, 13.5 gig hard drive, ATI Rage Xpert video with 16 MB ram, DVD drive @ 8X, 56K v90 Lucent chip based modem, built-in audio card and speakers,...

Pros: inexpensive, great all around machine
Cons: only 1 serial port

with the number of inexpensive premade machines growing on the market, it's hard to decide who to buy a computer from, if you don't make one yourself. i am currently using an 400MHz celeron eMachines box at the office, and recently was able to use an...

Pros: Price, performance
Cons: Cheap speakers ( didn't matter to me )

I've been running the computer for over a month now, and have NO problems.

The emachine is being used in a home office as the primary CAD developer and spreadsheet processor. It runs about 12 hours a day, six days a week.

So far...

Pros: affordable
Cons: cheap speakers

My boyfriend and I were looking into buying a computer. We researched several brands and settled for an eMachine eMonster 500a. We mainly went with eMachines because of the price, we did not want to sink a lot of money into a computer. We just...

Pros: Great Computer, low price
Cons: Advertisements across the bottom of the monitor

First off, I am most certainly not a computer geek. I like computers. I love the internet. But talk to me in computer mumbo-jumbo, and I'm lost. We recently purchased an Emachine etower 466ix. Our first computer, and older Packard Bell, just wasn't...

Pros: Cheap price, super graphics and speed
Cons: No software included

Tried it and bought it!! When wanted to upgrade my 200mhz Packard Bell...I shopped for the most powerful machine with the fewest bells and whistles. I knew I would add these later. My search brought me to the eMonster 500. Although it comes with...

Pros: Price Quality Service
Cons: Short on Software

I bought the eMonster 500 because of the low price but was extremely surprised to discover the high level of quality, especially the Customer Service.

The documentation exactly matched the setup instructions, which in itself was a huge...

Pros: FAST, and filled with all the newbie options!
Cons: May take a little getting used to

My brand new eMonster/500. What can I say. Nothing is more exciting than your first computer, right? WRONG. This is not my first computer, but it is definitely the most fun I have had in a long time. With 64 MB SyncD RAM, 3D Graphics, 8X DVD Player,...

Pros: DVD, Good Price
Cons: Cheap parts, unstable, MSN bullcrap contract

Last month I purchased the emonster600 for about $500 dollars after that stupid msn rebate (another thing i suggest you dont get). But thats another story. At first the emonster seemed really great. The specs didn't look all that bad, and with the ports...

Pros: Fast, reliable, easy to use machine.
Cons: I haven't found any yet.

We were looking for a product that would allow me to use multiple windows at one time. Friends of ours had computers ranging From Packard Bell to Compaq, I've heard all the woes from all the computers manufacturers.

We decided to check out the...

Pros: PRICE
Cons: could come with more software

I just picked up my e-machine Monster 500a a few days ago. I got mine at Costco with an e-view 17" monitor for well under $2000 CDN (that's about $1200 for you USA types - so you could get it for well under $1200).

I looked at a lot of...

Pros: Can be expanded only if you eventually buy a new full size tower.
Cons: I have owned four emachines, the 533idx2,and the 600 emonsterx2. All of which has problems.

This is the second emonster 600 I have owned in less than 4months and the fourth Emachine in less than a year, low and behold emachines sticks to their history of building a self destructive machine. Within the first month the good old Maxtor 20GB HDD...

Pros: Low price, AGP port, 600 mHz P3, DVD drive, front panel USB and Game port.
Cons: Sloppy construction, lousy speakers, few expandability or customizing options, inadequate powersupply, windows98 stability, 66mHz-FSB, techsupport.

Intro: why eMachines is unreliable

This review is pretty much the same review that I wrote for the eMonster 600 category. The eMonster 600 truly is a monster! EMachines built my system very poorly: The DVD drive was not connected to...

Pros: Impressive stats
Cons: none

After the smoke and wrapping paper had cleared I sat there looking at what I had got. On the box it said e-Monster. This computer was perfect. It had all the write numbers. Like 13 GB hard drive, 56K modem, DVD player, and my favorite a voodoo...