Hey, I am looking into buying a new pc, but I have alot of parts left over from my old Dell, and I have seen eMachines around, and they seem to have the same specs as other machines, just 500 dollars cheaper. Does anybody know anything about this? Advice or experience with this company? Thanks.
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eMachines?
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Don't buy an emachine and while you're at it, you mide as well throw out those dell parts.
The reason why both companies are so cheap is because thats how much the parts are worth (next to nothing).
In the computer hardware world, you get what you pay for, quality wise.
The reason why both companies are so cheap is because thats how much the parts are worth (next to nothing).
In the computer hardware world, you get what you pay for, quality wise.
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heyheyhey said:
You always get what you pay for...especially since, as you've noticed, they all use the same parts from the same manufacturers.
So you would think that eMachines are the same as the others. I've had more compatibility problems with eMachines though. And their customer "service" is the worst I've ever called. It's one of the few brands I try to steer people away from.
heyheyhey,
Have to agree with CMan and Preferred on the EMachine. They use the lowest priced (thus lowest quality) parts they can find thus, especially in this case, you get what you pay for.
We've talked about this many times before in other threads but the advice still holds. If you planning on a desktop, build your own! Anymore, its not that difficult and you'll learn a heck of a lot. You can pick and choose the parts and you won't pay a whole heck of a lot more than you'll pay for the junk.
Have to agree with CMan and Preferred on the EMachine. They use the lowest priced (thus lowest quality) parts they can find thus, especially in this case, you get what you pay for.
We've talked about this many times before in other threads but the advice still holds. If you planning on a desktop, build your own! Anymore, its not that difficult and you'll learn a heck of a lot. You can pick and choose the parts and you won't pay a whole heck of a lot more than you'll pay for the junk.
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you can build a good quality setup without shelling out a lot of cash....go through somewhere like Tiger Direct (www.tigerdirect.com) and buy a case, motherboard, compatible processor (AMD 64, cough cough), HDD, and whatever optical drives and shit you want and either put it together yourself or get some help.....Thats what my friend chris did and he got all his shit for like 400, but he already had a 52x CD-RW and his old HD....just a suggestion.
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onerythym said:
Guess I've never pulled anything from a Dell to put in something else so I'm not saying your wrong. Just don't know why they would do that. I can't imagine they loose a lot of money from people taking old parts from their machines.
I don't have anything against Dell like some of you guys.....except that they are putting way too much spyware on their new machines now. That's the other advantage of building your own. It's clean from the get-go.
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I have an emachine laptop, and have no complaints about it. I have always advised people not to buy the towers though. Maybe I just got lucky with my laptop.
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I just worked on an eMachine laptop last week. He had a PCMCIA wireless card in it. I saw a door on the bottom for a mini-pci card. That usually means you can pop in a built-in wireless card and have much better reception without the goofy PCMCIA sticking out the side.
Wrong!
I opened up the mini-pci door and there are no antenna leads in there. The cheapskates couldn't even leave an antenna in the screen if you want to upgrade. First time I've seen that one.
Bottom line, if you buy price, that's all you get.
Wrong!
I opened up the mini-pci door and there are no antenna leads in there. The cheapskates couldn't even leave an antenna in the screen if you want to upgrade. First time I've seen that one.
Bottom line, if you buy price, that's all you get.
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FYI, I bought an HP Pavilion ze2120 laptop about 6 weeks ago and I'm really happy with it so far. It works great.
I think this is it, although mine has Intel Centrino (including pentium processor), not Celeron which seems to be mentioned on the website
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...0_series&catLevel=2&tab_switch=true&tab=specs
I think this is it, although mine has Intel Centrino (including pentium processor), not Celeron which seems to be mentioned on the website
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...0_series&catLevel=2&tab_switch=true&tab=specs
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My newest computer is a Gateway... Yeah i've heard bad things about gateway too... but this thing seems to be doing very very well... It cost me about 1400 when everything was said and done (that price includes a 17" LCD Monitor and a Radeon X700 Pro video card)... It's god a gig of Ram, 200 Gb HDD, P4 3.03 GHz (64 bit) CPU, DVD +/- RW, and DVD drives... Windows XP Media... love the thing... Also Gateway puts alot of bullshit on it but if you're good with getting rid of unwanted programs and know how to manage stuff it's a good comp...
But I'd have to agree with the rest of the guys, Building one is way, way, way, better... It leaves more room for upgrading later on, plus now everything is just Plug-n-play...
But I'd have to agree with the rest of the guys, Building one is way, way, way, better... It leaves more room for upgrading later on, plus now everything is just Plug-n-play...
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my computer is getting old, and I want to update everything, so I thought that instead of doing that, I would just get a new tower and put my hard disk in there as a slave drive. I was going to wait till I had some money, but then somebody pointed out these much cheaper machines, especially if you dont need a monitor. I checked Pcmagazine.com, pcworld.com and the customer comments sections from alot of stores, and most people seemed to like eMachines, so I was considering that. But now everybody is recommending assembleing my own. What about warranty concerns?
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In my experience warrantees are VERY overrated. They cover hardware only, and most problems are software related. And in the event you do have a hardware problem, usually that means Best Buy (the kind of place that retails eMachines) keeps your computer for about 4 weeks. You can't live without a computer for 4 weeks so you buy another one. Finally you get your computer back with all your data (porn) and programs gone. Now you have two empty computers. The only party to the transaction who came out great was Best Buy.
I'm not saying you shouldn't think about warrantees. But I'm saying that in my experience they will not make you whole at all.
Don't upgrade your computer. After about $400 you still won't be close to how a new one would run.
I'm not saying you shouldn't think about warrantees. But I'm saying that in my experience they will not make you whole at all.
Don't upgrade your computer. After about $400 you still won't be close to how a new one would run.
heyheyhey,
Onerythm and Preferred are exactly correct. You'll get better warranties if you buy individual components (generally).
Since $$$ is a concern, here's how I would proceed. First, find a good box locally or online (around $100). It may, or may not, contain a power supply but you'll need at least a 350 watt (another $50 or less if not with the box). And make sure you've already decided on AMD or Intel as the power supplies are generally not compatable.
Then save your bucks for a new mobo and processor (figure around $300 for both if AMD 64). I prefer the AMD's as they're a bit cheaper but thats up to you (I would recommend the AMD 64 though).
Then save some more bucks for RAM. Last I checked (recently), a good 1 Gig chip is about $100.
Once you have all of the above your pretty much set. You should be able to use all of your drives in the new box. So give it a shot. The only tool you need is a phillips head screwdriver.
Onerythm and Preferred are exactly correct. You'll get better warranties if you buy individual components (generally).
Since $$$ is a concern, here's how I would proceed. First, find a good box locally or online (around $100). It may, or may not, contain a power supply but you'll need at least a 350 watt (another $50 or less if not with the box). And make sure you've already decided on AMD or Intel as the power supplies are generally not compatable.
Then save your bucks for a new mobo and processor (figure around $300 for both if AMD 64). I prefer the AMD's as they're a bit cheaper but thats up to you (I would recommend the AMD 64 though).
Then save some more bucks for RAM. Last I checked (recently), a good 1 Gig chip is about $100.
Once you have all of the above your pretty much set. You should be able to use all of your drives in the new box. So give it a shot. The only tool you need is a phillips head screwdriver.
Well, ok, but I know enough about computers to know how much I dont know. I can remove and install drivers, usually, but there are alot of wires, and a plethora of problems that can come up.
5 years ago, I bought a dell, and though yes, everybody says they suck, it has rarely had problems, but when they have come up, customer service has been able to help, I have gotten some people who know their shit. But I did see the bad side of buying from dell recently when I tried to upgrade the ram, they use dimm ram which NOBODY else uses or even sells, so it was much harder to find.
But ok, lets say I stick with building my own computer. Is there an online resource that can guide me through? An "Idiots Guide to Assembleing Your Own Comp"? Or do places like tigerdirect sort of guide you through, or are they just a straight up market place? Sorry, its just that my geek credentials are not up to snuff.
5 years ago, I bought a dell, and though yes, everybody says they suck, it has rarely had problems, but when they have come up, customer service has been able to help, I have gotten some people who know their shit. But I did see the bad side of buying from dell recently when I tried to upgrade the ram, they use dimm ram which NOBODY else uses or even sells, so it was much harder to find.
But ok, lets say I stick with building my own computer. Is there an online resource that can guide me through? An "Idiots Guide to Assembleing Your Own Comp"? Or do places like tigerdirect sort of guide you through, or are they just a straight up market place? Sorry, its just that my geek credentials are not up to snuff.
