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Advantages: The Fairly Cheap Price
Disadvantages: You Can Get Better PC's For A Cheaper Price

...is when you buy a Emachines 2210. About a year ago now i felt that i had enough money to update my personal computer that i have at my home. I was willing to spend around about £500 but i also wanted a printer. I was told by a friend to shop at P.C. because they had a sale on at that perticular time and i could probably get what i wanted. ****** What I Wanted ****** - I wanted a computer that would be able to play all the top games at the time, ...
...it to be able to store quite alot of music and other files, for example word documents.And finaly i wanted it to be relatively fast, so i didn't get frustrated with the speed. ****** What The 2210 Has ****** Intel Celeron 2.6GHz 128Mb DDR RAM 40Gb hard drive CD Rewriter drive 32Mb Shared graphics 6 x USB connections Microsoft Works 6.0 Microsoft Money 2003 Windows XP Home Monitor: 17" CRT Therefore, i felt that it was quite fast, especialy ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, cheap (cheaper now!), reasonable well equipped.
Disadvantages: XP operating system limits software options

e-machines 330 - 1Ghz, 20Gig,128Mb, 15" monitor,CD-RW/DVD. Nice machine, works fine, quick, speakers tacky, keyboard fair, mouse ditto. No real complaints other than it cost £800 and 14 days later PC World Dropped the price by £200. Ooops but these things happen. The biggest problem with it has been XP which is very choosy about what it will and will not run. The machine itself is all it should be. The monitor displays a good crisp picture, the ...
...could be better, the keyboard is a no-frills keyboard. XP is stable but there is so much software that is not compatible that it makes the machine difficult to use. Even little things like my wifes favorite screensaver will not run under XP. This makes what is basically a good machine into a not so good machine. I would be the first to admit that you can't judge a machine by the operating system but it does have an impact on how the machine performs. ... Read review

Advantages: Good Solid Components
Disadvantages: Lack Of Ram, Poor Quality Input Devices

I have owned the eMachines 770 for nearly 2years 4months, it was originally purchased as a cheap student machine. It has served me well in the years i have owned it, i have replaced the minimal amount of things on this machine, mainly the keyboard, mouse and speakers that came with it as they were 'budget' alternatives that i found very 'flimsy'. The basics of the system are adequate for most of the basic pc use market, it is not meant to be a ...
...basic pc/internet user for browsing ect. As this system is now nearly 3 years old, the chances are that any potential buyer will be buying second hand, for college work or a low budget family system. If this is the case then i recommend that you shop around to find one with a RAM upgrade (higher than 256mb) possibly a new keyboard and mouse set, and if you would like it as a system to handle music and media, i suggest a speaker upgrade. ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, reliable, good value, good OS, good looking.
Disadvantages: N/A

...assistant at PC World recommended emachines for my new home computer I was slightly sceptical, having never heard of the brand before. He showed me the specs:- 60GB hard drive 256mb ram 1.70ghz Intel Pentium 4 processor Windows XP 16X DVD CDRW 56k modem ethernet (for broadband) For little over £500 for those impressive specs (and that was six months ago), I figured it couldn't be too bad so I bought it. Since I only bought the base unit, ...
...speakers, a mouse and a keyboard. The computer was easy to set up, with all the sockets well labelled and well laid out, use of the instruction manuel wasn't even required. XP, the newest of the windows OS' is a very simple, good looking and stable OS, which I find extremely easy to navigate and very fast to browse and surf the internet. This computer has software is included such as Microsoft Works 2000, Internet explorer 6, Windows media player, ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Cheap
Disadvantages: Better (albeit more expensive products) are out there

...* Hard disk controller HP Embedded 6 Port SATA Controller with embedded RAID (4 ports for HDD) * Internal drive bays Four 3.5" Non Hot Plug SATA * Optical drives DVD-RW * Internal mass storage Maximum 2 TB (4 x 500 GB) SATA System features * Chassis type Micro ATX Tower * Chipset Intel 3200 Chipse Networking & Expansion * Network interface Embedded NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter * External I/O ports Parallel - 0; Serial - 1; Pointing ...
...- 1; USB - 8 total (4 rear, 2 front panel, 2 internal (one for USB Tape connectivity)); Network RJ-45 (Ethernet) - 1; Management: Optional Lights-Out 100c Remote Management port * Expansion slots Expansion Slots: Slot 1: 32-bit/33MHz PCI at 3.3V slot; Slot 2, 3: PCI-Express x8 connector with x1 link; Slot 4: PCI-Express X8 connector with x8 link Power * Power supply type 365 Watts Power Supply * Power requirements 90 to 132 VAC, 180 to 264 VAC; ... Read review