I am planning on buying the emachines T5082 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2983682&sku=E400-T5082)
And am also buying extra RAM (1GB). Will the current hardware plus the 1GB give me the basic needs, such as music, video, and using documents. I plan to install a video card later on, but I want to know if the system can give me what it needs right off the bat. Plus does it being refurbished affect performance?
2007-08-29 10:33:17 · 9 answers · asked by jcarlo 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Yes. Don't. Most of those "refurbished" units are machines that were returned because they had problems the owner couldn't fix. A lot of them are lemons that passed the factory tests but still have the problems.
2007-08-29 10:59:44 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The price is good ... and with a 1 g extra it will be a 1.5g ram .
the only thing that worries me is ... e-machine brand .. 100% board integrated parts and poor extenction slots for upgrading .
E-machines usually fails at the mobo I have fixed a few of them and all of them have been the same problem... the mobo . in any case that it fails you in the future and are out of warranty you can change the mobo with a new one from asus that usually goes for about $150 with a p4 on it .
Again the price is good and the ram upgrade will help it a lot.
2007-08-29 11:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by josen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will be fine with that for basic usage. The extra RAM will certainly help off set the hogging of resources by Vista. And there is room for a grpahics card in there either PCI E x1 or x16. Also, it is from Tigerdirect.com so any problems and they will fix it without making you jump through hoops. The fact that it is refurbished does not affect the usage.
2007-08-29 10:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by stanli121 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Refurbished is still new to you isn't it?
Refurbished computers are just salvaged pieces from other computers. The system you described sounds perfectly capable of giving you the performance you need. My advice is to get windows xp on it, because personally until they work out the bugs for Vista, (it not being compatible for everything) that may be the most headache you'll get...for now.
2007-08-29 10:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by lashawn0676 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, refurbished is better than brand new because if it goes bad the manufacturer will send you a brand new one or fix it for you AND typically you get a longer warranty.
2007-08-29 10:43:52 · answer #5 · answered by Adiuvat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 14:08:47 · answer #6 · answered by seeley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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thats a perfect machine
make sure they give you OS disk
and drivers
cause the ******* will suck you dry
get everything on paper
EVERYTHING !
2007-08-29 12:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by JavaScript_Junkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
refurbs means they got it right the second time,,,,, twice right is better
2007-08-29 10:56:16 · answer #8 · answered by At peace with myself 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like a good machine....
2007-08-29 10:40:17 · answer #9 · answered by PBcompanies.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋