When i got my Emachines it SUCKED BUT i put a FRESH Install Of XP On it and it Works fine, After the new Video Card And that was only a 128 MB And it Plays Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Better better then My Friends New XPS So who Said Emachines are Crap its just the O/S, And this one was Made In 04 My Freind Just Got his XPS A month Ago, But we can ALL Agree The Preinstalled O/S Is **** Has All kinds of unwanted software, Not the hardware
2006-12-25 14:50:19 · 8 answers · asked by Chris W 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Also It was A COMPLETE Format of PRO Non OEM
2006-12-25 14:52:16 · update #1
Again I DID NOT Use the CD That Came with i Just used the Drivers From it! But Its on a DVD With 20,000 Dollars Worth Of Windows Installations
2006-12-25 14:58:43 · update #2
Yes, Their DVD Drives are ****
2006-12-25 14:59:35 · update #3
Well, I got Mine Before Gateway Took them Over Haven't Tried on of those yet!
2006-12-25 15:00:33 · update #4
It Came With 512 MB And An Intel Celeron 2.80 GHZ Pretty Nice :) Its a W2888
2006-12-25 15:01:45 · update #5
I have seen some bad eMachines, and I have seen good ones. Now that eMachines is owned by Gateway, they might get even better. As I see it, DELL is going downhill in quality. Their tech support has not gotten better.
Here is what I have seen FAIL with eMachines:
Power supplies (replaced for under $35, when bought from 3rd party, but this power supply is smaller than the standard ones that you can buy. I have bought replacements through NewEgg without problem).
RAM - crapped out
Hard drives - locked up. But these were the same brand drives that appear in Compaq, HP and DELL.
Yes, if you eMachine came with Windows ME, then you should EXPAND your RAM to 512MB or more, then get the Windows XP Home version, and install from SCRATCH. Reformat the drive, so it uses the NTFS file system, and you will be in good shape. Visit http://www.coastmemory.com to see what your eMachine will take.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2006-12-25 14:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got my emachines T2460 in 2003 open box at best buy still running great. Yeah have windows xp pro installed. And tried the beta versions of vista, worked good, just vista isn't compatible with most of my programs yet.
2006-12-25 22:58:59 · answer #2 · answered by micaso1971 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 emachines, all over 3 years old. Not one problem. I have had to fix friends computers many times. All gateways or dells.
2006-12-25 22:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by Lee T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reinstalling the O/S almost always significantly improves performance. You can simulate this performance improvement by removing most 'startup' programs and from changing most 'automatic' services to 'manual'. eMachine's have a bad rap because they use cheap hardware, not because of their O/S.
2006-12-25 22:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by nkbsbl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually when you reinstall the OS it is PERFECTLY the same as when you get it brand new so reinstalling the os when you get it out of the box is a waste of time... But I LOVE my emachines
2006-12-25 22:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry to disagree but I have my first emachine and I am not at all happy with it.
I ahve had hp's and compaqs all my life-never will I by a e
machine ever again
2006-12-25 22:58:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad had a couple.. has one that is about 5 years old and the motherboard went. But I like them just fine.. for the price point. ^^WindowsME is just crap.
2006-12-25 23:14:00 · answer #7 · answered by xlivexluvxburnxdiex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son has one, he's been using it for five years, no problem.
2006-12-25 22:59:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋