eMachines etower 400i PC Desktop

Pros: low price
Cons: time through the mail

i currently own a 400i and find it an excellent choice for the money. although it has only two pci slots(one is taken by the modem) and two isa slots it still is a good buy. my roommate just got a dell with a pentium 3 and although it is faster it is...

Pros: To buy best choice desk top, choose e-machine.
Cons: Experience fully loaded computer at the best price.

I purchased e-tower 400ix about 6 month ago from Costco at the price of $ 649.00 (include monitor). I could not possibly buy 400 mhz speed and 6.4 gb hard w/40x cd-rom desk top at this price. Still I'm using this computer for my business and personal...

Pros: Cute, Small, Durable, Simply Functional
Cons: Not much room for upgrades. Very few free slots.

They are small cute and durable. I dropped the machine taking it out of the box (my fault) it took one bounce off my toe (now black as night.) Plugged it in and it's working great. My toe however is still recovering.

I have had this machine on...

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: 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: not expensive
Cons: not enough GB

I am another consumer looking for a low cost tool to use for the next 3-5 years. Spending less than $800.00 for a desktop and printer was most welcoming. These machines are handy, complete, easy to set up and use. Perfect if you will not be doing fancy...

Pros: Cheap, fast, no assembly required
Cons: Not much RAM, virtually no expansion slots

Yes, it's true! You can get a screaming machine for five or six hundred dollars. I was all set to build a computer for my wife with some pretty amazing deals on barebones systems at Fry's, when I saw an E-machine with a Celeron 400 processor, 4.5-gig...

Pros: very good for the money
Cons: fairly small hard drive but more than most will need

I helped a friend buy this computer she new nothing about computers and was able to learn it very quick i found it to be fast and reliable we have had no problems with it this computer is great for anyone needing a good home computer easy to set up and...

Pros: GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TECH HELP
Cons: NONE REALLY

I have an emachines etower 400 i3 and in the beginning it was really frustrating because of the problems I kept having with the C.P.U. fan breaking over and over again and having to send it in all the time for repair or replacement.But, as far as this...

Pros: Great buy for the money
Cons: doesn't come with too much

I bought my emachines 400i about 6 or 7 months ago, and I haven't found any major problems. When I bought it, it was only $200 with the internet deal, and I couldn't resist considering that the only other computer I had was a really old 486. I was...

Pros: Great Price
Cons: Small HD in comparison to other computers

The EMachine 400i3 is the best machine I've come across for the price. I did much shopping around of all brands and decided that for people like me that aren't going to use their computer for running a business, this is a great deal. Although this comes...

Pros: Cost
Cons: Modem

The advertisements of massive rebates finally got to me and I decided to purchase this product. Overall, it's not a bad deal- for the money. Most of the plugs are color-coded, so setup isn't bad. As the title suggests, this model's usefulness depends on...

Pros: easy to upgrade if need be
Cons: to get rebates you might have to sign on with MSN

It was x-mas and I needed a new computer.What to do?? Well after much debate and shopping around, I decided on a Emachine 400i tower. After rebates and monitor all I payed for it was $138.00. What i got was a 400mhz, 32mb, 4.3gb hard drive, 40 speed...

Pros: practical
Cons: ??? none so far

First off i must say,this computer is the most bang for the buck. I chose the e-machine 400i because i new i only wanted to surf the net. It was very inexspencive & had the minnimum requirements of a computer. I bought it at best buy & after the...

Pros: Cheap, easy to use, easy to setup and runs pretty great.
Cons: No children should run this without complete adult supervision (that means no leaving for a second!!)

I bought the Emachines 400i computer for a couple of good reasons. One was the price, I mean who could beat it. Another reason was the front game ports (a hit with my husband). Okay, so maybe three reasons. The third, and main reason, was to upgrade...

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...

Pros: cheap and sturdy
Cons: won't stay turned off

We bought an eMachines etower 400ix about a year ago to use as a second computer at home (our first computer is an expensive, professional one with a 24 gig hard drive), and it has served our needs nicely. Although I wouldn't recommend an eMachines...

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: 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: 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: Price, Processor speed
Cons: RAM, no moniter included in price

The Emachines Etower 400i is a decent computer. Starting with the processor. A Celeron 400 is a nice processor for your everyday needs. It will do just about anything the normal user does, pretty well. 32 MB of Ram is a little low but what do you...

Pros: it gets exchanged when it breaks at circuit city
Cons: it stops working for no apparent reason!

if you cant afford anything more than an emachine, then seriously consider saving more money and getting a better quality machine. The emachines are good computers while they are working. Unfortunately, this period seems to range from fifteen days to...

Pros: Affordable, great for family use, simple recovery.
Cons: Plenty of speed, but not enough RAM to use the speed. Recovery not as simple for add on programs.

I purchased my first E-Machine based on the success of the machines at work. I quickly found that for high powered operation they were inefficient. The hard drive was big enough, but with only 32 MB of RAM and two PCI and two ISA slots, I knew I...

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...

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The one...

Pros: Inexpensive, runs great
Cons: Tech support is horrible, not much expansion capabilities

A year ago I was running my 486 66 MHz which I had overclocked to about 99 MHz (really smokin!), and I decided it was time to upgrade. Since I had little to no money, I figured I would have to wait. Then I saw the EMachines with the $400 rebate from...

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: 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: Low Cost, Easy to Use
Cons: Tendency to "break"

Keep in mind that I'm speaking totally as a sales person and from the views of what I noticed while working at Best Buy ... This computer can go both ways as for being good or bad ... I'm not really sure if it's more good than bad, but I'll be objective...

Pros: operates reasonably well
Cons: tech-support is akin to a cannon against a fly

We purchased this computer as a first time thing....We received a fairly reasonable deal at the time ... After 10 months of operating well the power-supply fan began making a hideous racket....Calling e-machines support we were told the PS was...

Pros: seems to work
Cons: won't shut off

I bought a 400 ix because of the price , should have saved more
money . my tower has a "ghost power" according to the company . It
turns itself on when it wants to. After trying to e-mail the company for help ,...

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: Cheap
Cons: Everything else

I bought this because I was tired of spending big bucks for a top of the line machine only to have it be worthless in 2 years.

The 400i had the basics: 400 mh Celeron processor, 64 MB Ram, 4 GB hard drive. Nothing fancy but it served my...

Pros: Low cost, good for student or second machine
Cons: Low quality, not good for games, cad etc.

The Emachines Etower is a budget system designed for internet browsing
and Word processing. If you need to run ram-intensive programs such as; large games, spread sheets, graphically intense presentations, video editing, etc...., this system is not...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Price
Cons: Inexpensive modem installed at factory-Poor Speakers

I recently purchased an emachines etower 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...

Pros: Durable, dependable, easily upgradable, stable
Cons: Absolutely none

Almost seven years is just an astounding lifespan for a PC. Especially one with the minimal price tag of an eMachine.
In fact, my 400i is still going strong and is only being replaced because she can't keep up with today's video.
She's had so many upgrades over the years and has handled them all with grace. Once every couple of years she'd have a glitch, but after a reboot and disk scan she was fine. I never had to call tech support. Not once.
I don't need two computers in my home, but I'm going to keep my 400i on the network anyway. Just because she's earned it.
I know I will never again have a PC that is so completely reliable for so long, but when I got my new one, I made sure it was an eMachine!