[sirthomasthemore]

I hope this appears in chat section- But, don't know how to get it there. Fellow Christians; it's the Lord's day- be merciful. :)

[MikefromOhio]

if that is all you are doing, it will get the job done...

but I would still get a MAC, even though it costs more....

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I have great luck with my emachine T1840, it is old but it gives good service.
Price and quality of emachines are hard to beat.

[MonroeDNA]

You will be more than happy with your choice. Great price, too.

I'd go for 1 Gb of memory. It will make your movies run smoother.

Don't forget Norton Internet Security Suite. Also get a router, for a hardware firewall. Linksys 4-port is around $70. It will make your computer "invisible" to hackers.

[puppypusher]

Yea! it should work fine for you as long as your only doing word processing and surfing the internet that should be just fine.

If you were it to graphics intensive applications I would go for a unit with a more powerfull graphics subsystem. Other than that I think you'll be happy.

[rdb3]

You can beat that price, especially with an Intel Celeron or AMD Sempron CPU. Where are you shopping, and is a monitor included?

If I were near you and you put $500 in my hand, I'll get you more than what you stated here, plus change back.

[AgThorn]

I don't know, for $500 these days for a desktop PC, you should be able to get a better brand than emachines, i.e. more meaningful warranty, etc. (e.g. Dell, HP, IBM).

[MonroeDNA]

Worth looking at http://www.tigerdirect.com/

[AgThorn]

For example:

ThinkCentre A50
8085E1U
2.80 GHz Intel® Celeron®, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition, Tower, 256 MB, 40 GB, No security subsystem, Integrated Intel PRO/100 Ethernet, Integrated graphics Intel Extreme Graphics 2, CD-RW/DVD-ROM
Availability**: Within 4 weeks
$659.00 web price*
$593.10 sale price*

granted, that's not 2.9Ghz and the next faster (sticking to Celeron) on IBM desktop is:

ThinkCentre M51 New
8104BMU
3.06 GHz Intel® Celeron®, Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, Ultra Small Form Factor, 256 MB, 40 GB, IBM Embedded Security Subsystem, Gigabit Ethernet, Integrated graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900, CD-ROM
Availability**: Within 2 weeks
$949.00 web price*


So, you can look at these as a comparison. I just pulled them from the IBM.com website. Probably some good comparisons from Dell, HP as well out there. Also, compare the warranty - often times the most important feature!!

William

[cloud8]

Is this machine brandy-new, or refurbished?

How long is the warrenty, and can you call the help desk for free advice, or take it down the street for free repairs under warrenty if something breaks down?

I didn't see a monitor listed. Invest in a good one, flat screen.

The price is right...good luck.

[MonroeDNA]

COmpare here:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=emachines&image1.x=6&image1.y=16

[sirthomasthemore]

Thanks for switching to chat. It was embarrassing enough.- :)

[struggle]

Look for this box:


Joke!

[Uri’el-2012]

Mac mini

[martin_fierro]

I'm not a big MAC guy, but I like the price of the new Mac Mini ($500. You supply the keyboard, mouse and monitor):

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I've owned 3 eMachines boxes and never had a lick of trouble with any of them. That T2984 sounds like a very nice machine.

My most recent eMachine purchase was for $500 as well 2 years ago. That got me a Celeron 1Ghz with 256mb Ram, 80Gb drive, CD-RW 48X, 4 USB, Ethernet card, modem, mouse, keyborad, speakers with XP Home.
Sounds like you're getting a great deal. I'd grab it.

[Petronski]

I wouldn't pay a dime for a celeron. They're crap.

If you buy this computer, be sure you can go into BIOS and turn off the onboard graphics. "Intel Extreme" is also, well, crap....but if you can't turn it off, you can never upgrade to a real graphics card.

[ThePythonicCow]

Ah yes - now I remember. I believe that eMachines was purchased by Gateway last year. This is not entirely good news. Gateway's ResellerRatings.com lifetime ratings are 2.25, and their rating for the last six months is just 1.43. This is not good. See further Gateway Store Ratings for details.