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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: 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: Small mini ATX, upgrades to 933Mhz
Disadvantages: No AGP slot/ two USB 1.0 only/ memory limit

...hasten to add the largely faulted power supply with emachines directly, they use OEM brands for these. Because you buy it pre-assembled, you are entitled to refunds and servicing of course. Speed issues result from space within the drive, and memory limit issues. 256MB is good for Win9x computers. ... Read review

Advantages: It was cheap
Disadvantages: It feels cheap

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 ...
...wrecked, it was lying in bits and no tube of superglue was going to fix it this time :0( But after several hours of difficult surgery I had it running again. But that wasnt the end of it, it had to go, the wife was getting more and more annoyed with me and I had to sell it!! So how come I am here now, writing this opinion and generaly surfing about on the net? She gave in, after 2 weeks of seeing me depressed, and getting internet cold turkey ... 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