Emachines eTower 566

As the title of my opinion suggests, this computer package is really, really cheap. Not just in terms of how much my hard earned cash I had to part with to buy it, but in general build quality and specification. Some years ago, when even my old 133Mhz computer was the best thing ever I got into a bit of trouble, lets just say I upset the wife by talking to too many strange women on the internet. That was the final straw and I woke up to some really loud banging noises downstairs..........OH NO!!!!!! My computer was completley wrecked, it was lying in bits and no tube of superglue was going to ... more

I recently bought an E-Machine 'E Tower 566cd' desktop computer. The spec for this is 64 mb SDRAM, 128kb L2 cache (66Mhz system bus), 15Gb hard drive, 48x CD Rom, 3d AGP Intel Direct Grahics, 56K modem, 566Mhz Intel Celecron Processor and a 3 1/2" floppy disc drive. It comes with windows ME. This is my 4th desktop computer and by far the best. It is fast reliable and very easy to set up and use. There are both Parallel and USB ports of the front and rear of the tower unit. The front ones are easy to access and also include game ports which make access much easier. There is an built in manual ... more

I recenty assisted a friend (or tried to, anyways) set up a whole bunch of e-machines for his accounting office... It was an unmitigated disaster and nightmare. I expected to be 3 or 4 hours, but do to incompatibilities witht eh customer's existing network, the CRAPPY network card they sold him, and the impossible tech-support, I ended up being there for over 8 hours. Let's start with the BIOS which we COULD NOT turn the PNP options off, so windows 98 just WOULD NOT configure properly. Then, of course, there were the manuals for the network cards (which were for a different manufacturor. Then ... more