[wplug] eMachines?

[Guy Patten]

Although they used to be cheap junk, they have really moved up to 
quality hardware at low prices these days in an effort to boost their 
image.

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From:           	Ben Beige <b.beige at zoominternet.net>
Subject:        	Re: [wplug] eMachines?
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Date sent:      	Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:23:35 -0500

> 
> That's odd my uncle has one it's a full mobo and has plenty of room
> for expansion, and hasn't caused him any head aches other than a  bad
> floppy drive (but smoke will do that to a system)
> 
> 
> At 03:04 PM 1/26/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >Sometime in January Vanco, Don assaulted the keyboard and produced:
> >
> >|       Why is a 2GHz Celeron a POS?  Or is it that eMachines are in
> >general |       less than desirable?  Not knowing the brand I'd
> >almost say that $200 |       sounds a bit too good to be true (or at
> >least to good to be not a |       stolen laptop)  I was just looking
> >at an eMachines AMD-64 laptop (6807) |       - at $1500 it's hardly a
> >give away.  Are eMachines junk or something?
> >
> >i don't think he's looking at a laptop. as for the POS reference,
> >think packard bell ;). emachines were (are?) marked toward the
> >lowend, check your email and play solitaire types. as a result, it
> >probably has a cheap motherboard with no-name components integrated
> >into it. my understanding is that they don't have the upgrade options
> >most other pc manufacturers (like a dell). so you may only have one
> >pci expansion slot, it will most definitely have a win modem, perhaps
> >no extra memory sockets, the cpu may be soldered to the mb, cheap
> >video card, etc.
> >
> >if you just want to use it as a router, it'll probably work like a
> >champ though.
> >
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