eMachines etower 400i PC Desktop

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!