eMachines etower 400i PC Desktop

Pros: Cheap. Reliable. Many on used market.
Cons: Limited expandibility. 256 meg ram max. Only two pci slots.

I've used a number of old Emachines etowers. They range from the 400 to 533. I am typing this on a revived 400. The video on the mobo went out from not working to sporadic to dead again. An old generic pci video card fixed that. This thing is like a cat. ...

Pros: Was inexpensive compared to a Hewlett Packard
Cons: Have had problems from day one.

Boy did we think we were getting a deal with this machine. If my understanding of the emachines is correct, I believe that is is a lower end of Hewlett Packard. I really don't have much good to say about it. We have owned it for 4 years. After 2 months ...

Pros: Decent computer at a low price!
Cons: None on this machine!

Although there has been a considerable amount of bad press about E-machines, in all fairness to the company and the computer, for the money this has proved to be a decent
computer at a very reasonable price. No, it is not a fantastic piece of...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Everything, cheap components

My experience with eMachines has been nothing but problems. I did not own one personally but was providing tech support to my relatives. I advised them very strongly against this brand but what are you gonna do when they go buy it on a whim. 64mb ram,...

Pros: They are VERY inexpensive, and, on the surface, quality machines....
Cons: Do your research about the company and their products before buying!

Well, well, well... should I have been surprised to land here at Epinions and find yet more negative ratings of Emachines PC's? NOPE! I am afraid that, alas, all you will discover about Emachines will be negative.
In February of 1999, my dear and...

Pros: Very reliable
Cons: noisy fan

I bought an Emachines 400IX last year for about $400 after rebates.It has a 400 celeron processor with 64mb ram.I have been very satisfied with this computer.I've owned two so called brand name computers before buying this one.I had a lot more problems...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Breaks After A Month or so

I had an old Pentium 1 and was ready for an upgrade but I didn't want to spend $1000.00. I needed a bargain. I live right around the corner from the worlds greatest Office Depot. I love them :) I started with the E300

The modem on it broke so...

Pros: solidly built little machine, good return policy, cheap to buy now
Cons: no speed demon (Celeron), small hard drive

I purchased this PC a little over a year ago and recently replaced it with a Compaq Presario 7478 533 mhz (see that review at http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-1798-8C08137-39DD4F3C-prod1), and now...

Pros: Inexpensive with decent features
Cons: Overheats easily and modem is not high quality.

I bought this computer because it was inexpensive yet had quite a few features that I wanted. I wont say do not buy this computer, but I will tell you that it probably isn't going to be something you should expect to keep long term. I have had this...

Pros: Inexpensive, at least at first
Cons: Widespread failures and poor resolution

I just got off the phone with the e-Machine "rebate" center in Coppell, TX. It seems the $75 rebate, which I applied for on 12/31/99, has been "lost". It's now 6/12/00, and I'm told it will be another 21 days or so. . .
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Pros: terrible service
Cons: good machine, but no service

I purchased an E Machine 400is as my 1st computer and had a terrible experience. First the CDROM died on it within the first two weeks. After about $180 in long distance phone calls and (staples) the store I purchased it from mailing it back to...

Pros: Ease to set up , good price range
Cons: No monitor , and memory could hold a little more.....

My older brother just left for college as well as my sister and instead of asking my parents for the big bucks for a computer , he estimated and price ranged his own and decided on an E-Machine...

Plug-&-Play...?
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Pros: Inexpensive, easy to use
Cons: Breaks down, cheap modem, terrible speakers

I bought this computer a while ago simply because my old one was out of date (90 MHz…can you imagine that?). I wasn’t looking for anything very fancy, just something that I could write my reports with and do a little Internet browsing. I decided on the...

Pros: price, looks
Cons: speed,performance,support

My computer is a piece of crud. it brakes when it wants and doesn't wanna come back on. one time i was playing online with my buddies and all of a sudden it shuts off. i lost a lot of my information. the price may look appealing but surely it isnt what...

Pros: easy to use
Cons: slow

We got our e-machine last year as a house warming gift. It was my first computer, and first experience using the internet. The first one had a bad disk drive, and my sister returned it to Cosco and got another. It is a bit noisy, but works well. I...