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    eMACHINE - Your opinion....

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by novacky, Apr 13, 2005.

  1. novacky

    novacky Newbie

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    Hello!!

    I would like to ask for Your opinion about eMACHINE.
    I heard they have poor service and good prices
    but i don't know nothing about quality, perfomance, failure rate... and so on...

    Do You use eMACHINE?

    I'll be grateful for Your respond

    thx in advance
    novacky
     
    novacky, Apr 13, 2005
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  2. fishfood

    fishfood Notebook Evangelist

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    Emachines was bought by Gateway. I believe that HP has been looking into buying Gateway. IF that happens, Emachines MAY be elimitinated as a brand. As far as quality of their laptops, they are not great. I have heard about problems with their hinges cracking. Also, they only offer AMD processors, so limited selection there. Overall, I don't think they are a great company.
     
    fishfood, Apr 13, 2005
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  3. Crescentmage

    Crescentmage Notebook Consultant

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    Actually, according to a PC World Survey emachines scored top points for reliability. Though now that they have been bought by Gateway, I don't know how relevant that score is (you may notice Gateway is a bit further down). Still, my limited contect with Emachines has been positive (friend's computer), though I've never used their tech support.
     
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  4. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    It's kind of a dead point, Gateway isn't making any new notebooks under the eMachines brand.

    Brian

    www.BargainPDA.com | www.DigitalCameraReview.com | www.NotebookReview.com | www.SpotStop.com | www.TabletPCReviewSpot.com
     
    Brian, Apr 14, 2005
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  5. Airdog

    Airdog Notebook Enthusiast

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    I love my M6809. It's been rock solid so far. The only problem I've had is that it developed the cracked hinges. I called e-Machines and they promptly sent me a return box the next day. I packed it up on the sameday (Thursday) and they had it back to me on Monday morning at 9:00am. I'm impressed with their customer service, courtesy, and service so far. [ :)]

    The power and price ($999) can't be beat. Definately the best laptop of the 4 I've owned over the years. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1345&

    Argghhh! I just noticed the M6810 (AMD 3400+) is now ($899)!!! I should have waited [ :(]

    Oh well, still got a great machine.


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    Airdog, Apr 18, 2005
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  6. DMB14

    DMB14 Notebook Consultant

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    There won't be any new Emachines laptops? I was hoping that they would release one with a newer graphics card. Oh well, maybe I'll get one and OC. Even though they're a year old, they still beat anything out there in the same price range.

    Dell I6000
     
    DMB14, Apr 21, 2005
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  7. peter969

    peter969 Newbie

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    here are several experiences, my and others...

    http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?p=856269#post856269

    in short, if you don't want to be stuck without your machine for several months DON'T buy eMachines or Gateway !
     
    peter969, Apr 30, 2005
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  8. ReverendDC

    ReverendDC Notebook Deity

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by peter969
     
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  9. Airdog

    Airdog Notebook Enthusiast

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    I second that that ReverendDC!
    Every Notebook or PC manufacturer will have it's issues with their products no matter how well they try to build them. The eMachine M68XX series of notebooks have received numerous positive reviews (just google it). I've had issues with the broken hinges and even a couple of software problems but eMachines has come through like a champ and fixed them all promtly. 3 days for the hinges.

    More than happy with my M6809!

    -Airdog
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    Airdog, May 4, 2005
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