PRICE,WINDOWS ME, EASY TO SET UP,USB AND GAME PORT CAN BE PLUGGED IN FROM THE FRONT .
Disadvantages:
NO RESET BUTTON .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
After getting by with an ageing computer, for many a year, I decided to invest a miserly £490 on an ETOWER 600 DVD from EMACHINES from PC World (without the monitor) with an Intel Celeron processor, 64mb ram, 15gb hard drive, 12x dvd, 3d graphics and 56k modem.
The salesman said that I would notice a hell of a difference with my new computer compared with my old 486 and indeed he was right! I have read indifferent reports about this computer in the magazines but I am pleased as Punch with mine. The computer looks good, has good clear instructions, and worked straight away as soon as it was first plugged in except that one of its tiny speakers was not working. Luckily I had some other larger speakers to plug in so that problem was soon "sorted." I have not found it necessary to phone manufacturers support.
One of the many nice things about my machine is that it came with Windows Millennium Edition which impressed me. For instance it was great to be able to watch American news TV stations, BBC News 24 TV, Bloomberg TV, and listen to radio stations from all over the world. System restore is another of the many usefull features of Windows Millenium and is used for sending the computer back to a state that it was in on a previous day.
I use the Etower for manipulating photographs, surfing the web, email, listening to TV stations and Radio, writing letters (using Wordpad from Windows Millennium), and find the computer fast. If I was in to games I suppose I might not be satisfied. The 12x dvd facility is a little bit jumpy sometimes but the dvd is something that I rarely use.
It lacks a reset button which is something that I miss. I suppose it is a case of "Horses for Courses" In other words if your computer needs are similar to mine then you dont need to spend a lot on a computer. Buy this budget machine. It should have enough speed, space and features for me for the next 5-10 years.
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Reliability
Excellent
Memory / capacity
Satisfactory
Range of Extra Features
Satisfactory
Instruction manual
Good
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