[wplug] eMachines?

[Ryan W. Frenz]

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Personally, I would never buy a Dell unless I couldn't build the machine
myself.  (May end up buying a lappy from them)
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As far as laptops go, in my experience IBMs are well worth the extra 
money.  Most dells are exactly what they claim -- "desktop replacements" 
-- if you plan on actually being mobile with it, I haven't seen them 
hold up too well.  Mostly dumb problems like floating pointers, keys 
getting stuck, etc.  Example -- I've had an IBM thinkpad for 5 years 
now.  I've never had one hardware issue with it.  My brother has had a 
Dell Inspiron 8100 for 1.5 years, and he's had: a fried mobo, dead USB 
controller out of the box, and a floppy drive that stopped working.  You 
might not be getting cheaper parts per se, but with a Dell you 
definitely get cheaper construction.

Ryan