E-Machines. Good or Bad?

We have bought two stationary units for our office in the last 12 months, and have had no problems so never had to deal with their customer service, with the price of alterantive machines out there from dell etc we figured that even if one out of every three we buy is a lemon we are still way ahead.

We got the 2 e-machines at Costco and got very feature rich machines for an incredibly low price

This probably doesn't help much but you asked for any experiance.

God Bless

PS Someone else just told me about an ultra slim feature rich metalic laptop that looks like a Sony knockoff that with a rebate they picked up during a special sale at Best Buy for $500 I am sorry I don't remember the manufacturer but am pretty sure it started with an "A" and it was a french company .

 

Adam, My husband bought me a brand new Hewlett Packard Computer last Oct. at Best Buys and with the rebate he spent $450. plus tax.

Jim said Dell has a special right now for $499. on a full computer with a printer. I didn't need a new monitor tho. He got a laptop from them for his job a few months ago.

Also, we had a Western Digital Hard drive and got software off their web site that transfered all everything off my old hard drive to the new hard drive. The hard drive wasn't bad tho!

Check those out!
Diane

 

I know two people who bought e-machines and neither of them was satisfied.

One of them had problems almost immediately with the hard drive and had a hard time getting anything done about it. Finally he was able to get it fixed, but his monitor burned out in less than a year. Since his system was an all-in-on design, he finally went back to best buy and bought an inexpensive HP system instead of messing with his e-machine anymore. (He would have saved money just buying the HP in the first place!)

The second person did not have as bad of an experience, but found out that they were very limited as far as upgrading things like memory and hard drive space and such. They "outgrew" their e-machine in about 18 months and decided to go buy another.

From what I have heard, e-machines are cheap to buy but expensive to own. If you have to buy a new computer every 18 months that gets expensive.

 

Adam,

I have had an eMachines computer for the past year. So far two problems with it. I had a bad keyboard, and the power button on the monitor fell inside the unit. I had purchased a Best Buy in-home service plan so both units were replaced in a timely manner.

Let me give you a little of my PC history. My first PC was a Packard Bell. To make a long story short I had a $1400 door stop for 6 months before they finally replaced it, under warranty. I had the hard drive go out twice after I got the new system. It's a good thing Packard Bell dosn't sell puters in the US anymore.

I then sold my soul to prodigy for three years to get a compaq for $100. I had to replace the hard drive on that one once. It was still running OK, but out date when I replaced it with the eMachines.

I really recommend that you buy the store service plan or extended warranty from the manufacturer no matter what type of computer you get. It's a little more upfront, but in the long run will save you money.

Bill

 

Adam: Hubby and I are both using E-Machines that we bought in 1999. We are very satisfied with them.

I am running out of room and they have a "Compaq Presario" on sale at Wal-Mart for $498.00 this week. I am going to put one on lay-away because I haven't found any E-Machines on sale.


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We have an e-Machine(personal) and an H-P at the church office. Recently had occasion to take covers off both machines to add more memory. SURPRISE!! The emachine and the H-P use the same components! (Presumably, they both buy components from the lowest bidder) The emachine seems to work fine,and it gets a pretty good workout as I use it to draft weekly sermons, etc. Only problem seems to be that the keyboard sticks once in a while and may eventually have to be replaced. For a church/office using a lot of different operators, the H-P keyboard may hold up better, but internally, they seem to be the same machine.

 

[I really recommend that you buy the store service plan or extended warranty from the manufacturer no matter what type of computer you get. It's a little more upfront, but in the long run will save you money. ]


I agree with Bill on the extended warranty!!! It's not "Will your hard drive crash! But more like "When your hard drive crashes" you will want that extended warranty.

My nephew has had his eMachine now for about 3 years and the only problem he has had has been operator errors. Took me three days to get it straightened out! Ended up having to reformat his hard drive and set it back up. Slapped him on the head with a spoon when he picked it up!

I have a computer grave yard in my home where I have put them to rest when I get a new one! Even have my first one, the old Texas Instrument 99/4a. The box for the Floppy Drive is bigger than my computer(tower) I am using now!!! And yes, I had an old Commador too! Traded it for a treadmill. Now that I think of it, the TI 99/4a was not my first. It was a Timex one that was no bigger than a large handheld calculator! Anyone remember that one??? I took it back to the store after one day and got the TI 99/4a. Should have kept that Timex one, huh!


Gave away my faithful ole 286 and 486 33mhz. Geeze, I can remember how fast I thought that 486 33mhz was!!! Thought I had been struck by lightning it was so fast!!!! Oops, rambling down memory lane here, sorry HeDied4U!

~GloryBound~

 

If you can use a screwdriver and can plug Lego blocks together, it is not hard to put together your own machine with quality parts. I suggest www.newegg.com. I have had terrific luck dealing with them, and they have great prices.

 

I buy many computers for our company, I would not ever by another e meachine.

I would suggest either Dell or Gateway, good machines, fairly priced (especially now), great warranty and service.

Check out dell's refurbished machines on their web site - you can really get a bargin there.

You might also check out ebay, a friend bought a dell, new in box, full warranty for what you would expect to pay for an e machine.